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@gabrielelana
Created May 25, 2023 16:23
Type safe and preserving version of `Object.entries` and `Object.fromEntries`
type UnionToIntersection<U> = (U extends any ? (k: U) => void : never) extends (
k: infer I
) => void
? I
: never;
type UnionToOvlds<U> = UnionToIntersection<
U extends any ? (f: U) => void : never
>;
type PopUnion<U> = UnionToOvlds<U> extends (a: infer A) => void ? A : never;
type IsUnion<T> = [T] extends [UnionToIntersection<T>] ? false : true;
type UnionToArray<T, A extends unknown[] = []> = IsUnion<T> extends true
? UnionToArray<Exclude<T, PopUnion<T>>, [PopUnion<T>, ...A]>
: [T, ...A];
type ZipArray<X extends Array<any>, Y extends Array<any>, R extends Array<any> = []> =
X extends [infer HX, ...infer TX extends Array<any>]
? Y extends [infer HY, ...infer TY extends Array<any>]
? ZipArray<TX, TY, [...R, [HX, HY]]>
: R
: R;
type ValueOf<X extends Record<string, unknown>, K extends Array<keyof X>, R extends Array<unknown> = []> =
K extends [infer H extends string, ...infer T extends Array<keyof X>]
? ValueOf<X, T, [...R, X[H]]>
: R;
type Entry = readonly [string, unknown]
type Entries = readonly Entry[]
type FromEntriesToObject<E extends Entries, R = {}> =
E extends readonly [infer H extends Entry, ...infer T extends Entries]
? FromEntriesToObject<T, R & {[X in H as X[0]]: X[1]}>
: E extends readonly []
? R
: never;
type FromObjectToEntries<X extends Record<string, unknown>, K = UnionToArray<keyof X>> =
K extends Array<keyof X>
? ZipArray<K, ValueOf<X, K>>
: never;
function fromEntries<const T extends Entries>(entries: T): FromEntriesToObject<T>
function fromEntries(entries: Array<[string, unknown]>) {
return Object.fromEntries(entries);
}
function toEntries<const T extends Record<string, unknown>>(r: T): FromObjectToEntries<T>
function toEntries(r: any) {
return Object.entries(r);
}
// Prove the roundtrip
const x = {foo: 1, bar: undefined, baz: "baz"} as const
const y = toEntries(x)
const z: typeof x = fromEntries(y)
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rulatir commented Jan 14, 2025

Unfortunately there is very little that can be done with the returned array besides immediately reassembling the object. In particular, "Property 'map' does not exist on type 'FromObjectToEntries<D, UnionToArray<keyof D, []>>'.

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