import type { Widen } from '../utils/index.js';
import { typeSym, valueSym } from './constants.js';
/**
 * Create a "flavored" version of a type.
 * TypeScript will disallow mixing flavors,
 * but will allow unflavored values of that type to be passed in where a flavored version is expected.
 * This is a less restrictive form of branding.
 */
export type Flavor<F extends string, T> = [T] extends [null] | [undefined] | [symbol] | [void] ? FlavoredUnit<F, T> : Flavored<F> & T;
/**
 * A flavored type of `F`
 */
export interface Flavored<F extends string> {
    [typeSym]?: F;
}
/**
 * A special flavored type for special types.
 */
export interface FlavoredUnit<F extends string, T> {
    [typeSym]?: F;
    [valueSym]: T;
}
/**
 * Creates a brand creator with the specified type.
 */
export declare function flavor<F extends string>(type: F): <T>(subject: T) => Flavor<F, Widen<T>>;
/**
 * Creates a branded value of specified type.
 */
export declare function flavor<F extends string, T>(type: F, subject: T): Flavor<F, Widen<T>>;
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