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TypeScript type hierarchy for `object`, primitives, `{}`, and `unknown`
/*
----------- primitive ----------
object non-nullable primitive nullable
------------- {} --------------
---------------- unknown -----------------
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-typescript/9781492037644/ch04.html
https://gist.github.com/OliverJAsh/381cd397008309c4a95d8f9bd31adcd7
*/
declare let nonNullablePrimitive: string | boolean | number | bigint | symbol;
declare let nullable: null | undefined;
declare let primitive: typeof nonNullablePrimitive | typeof nullable;
declare let object: object;
declare let empty: {};
declare let unknown: unknown;
// Begin tests
primitive = object
nonNullablePrimitive = object
object = nonNullablePrimitive
object = primitive
object = nullable
object = {}
object = () => {}
object = empty // no error due to structural typing?
empty = nonNullablePrimitive
empty = object
empty = primitive
empty = nullable
unknown = nonNullablePrimitive;
unknown = object;
unknown = primitive;
unknown = empty;
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