import type { Widen } from '../utils/index.js';
import { typeSym, valueSym } from './constants.js';
/**
 * Create a "branded" version of a type.
 * TypeScript won't allow implicit conversion to this type
 */
export type Brand<B extends string, T = never> = [T] extends [null] | [undefined] | [symbol] | [void] ? Branded<B, T> : Branded<B, T> & T;
/**
 * A branded type of `B` with value of `T`.
 */
export interface Branded<B extends string, T> {
    [typeSym]: B;
    [valueSym]: T;
}
/**
 * Creates a brand creator with the specified type.
 */
export declare function brand<B extends string>(type: B): <T>(subject: T) => Brand<B, Widen<T>>;
/**
 * Creates a branded value of specified type.
 */
export declare function brand<B extends string, T>(type: B, subject: T): Brand<B, Widen<T>>;
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