🚀 Release 0.7.0

Close the broad-universe type-hole task and cancel the widened-literal
test task, since arbitrary strings no longer fall through to a fallback.

.oxlintrc.json

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
                 "no-unused-expressions": "off",
                 "no-empty-file": "off",
                 "import/no-nodejs-modules": "off",
-                "eslint/no-magic-numbers": "off"
+                "eslint/no-magic-numbers": "off",
+                "unicorn/no-null": "off",
+                "typescript/no-floating-promises": "off"
             }
         },
         {

AGENTS.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ first-action facts. Do not restate evolving prose here — it will drift.
 
 - Project: F#-style pattern matching for TypeScript/ESM. Node `>=26` (pinned via `.node-version`), ESM-only (no CommonJS shim).
 - **While iterating:** `npm run test` (`check:tsc` + the unit suite) for fast feedback on the files you changed.
-- **Optional code intelligence:** this repo installs `@spences10/pi-lsp` (pinned in `.pi/settings.json`) as a project-local pi extension. It talks to the repo's own TypeScript 7 via `tsc --lsp --stdio` and exposes **read-only** tools — `lsp_hover`, `lsp_definition`, `lsp_references`, `lsp_find_symbol`, `lsp_document_symbols`, `lsp_diagnostics(_many)`. Prefer `lsp_references` over `grep -w` for widely-colliding identifiers (`matches`, `type`, …); use `lsp_hover` to read inferred types on generic-heavy code. It has no rename / code-action / apply-edit surface — the write side is pi's `edit` tool + `check:tsc`. Treat empty LSP output as _inconclusive_, not success: **`npm run test` / `npm run verify` remain the sole authoritative gate** (see the next bullet). The server keeps running across that gate with a ~5 min idle timeout and registers no file watchers, so if you change `tsconfig.json` / `package.json` mid-session its diagnostics can be stale — when LSP output disagrees with `check:tsc`, trust `check:tsc` and restart pi (or wait out the idle timeout) before concluding the LSP is wrong.
+- **Optional code intelligence:** this repo installs `@spences10/pi-lsp` (pinned in `.pi/settings.json`) as a project-local pi extension. It talks to the repo's own TypeScript 7 via `tsc --lsp --stdio` and exposes **read-only** tools — `lsp_hover`, `lsp_definition`, `lsp_references`, `lsp_find_symbol`, `lsp_document_symbols`, `lsp_diagnostics(_many)`. **When you are looking for a symbol, reach for the LSP before `rg`/`grep`** — `lsp_references` / `lsp_find_symbol` / `lsp_definition` / `lsp_document_symbols` are semantic and cross-file, so they see shadowing, imports and overloads that a text search cannot; use `lsp_hover` to read inferred types on generic-heavy code. Use `rg` for what the LSP cannot see — doc prose, string literals, config, task lists, file discovery — and reconcile the two sets before editing (symbols from the LSP, strings and prose from `rg`). It has no rename / code-action / apply-edit surface — the write side is pi's `edit` tool + `check:tsc`. Treat empty LSP output as _inconclusive_, not success: **`npm run test` / `npm run verify` remain the sole authoritative gate** (see the next bullet). The server keeps running across that gate with a ~5 min idle timeout and registers no file watchers, so if you change `tsconfig.json` / `package.json` mid-session its diagnostics can be stale — when LSP output disagrees with `check:tsc`, trust `check:tsc` and restart pi (or wait out the idle timeout) before concluding the LSP is wrong.
 - **Definition of done — run this before you call the work finished:** `npm run verify`. If all green, commit. If red, look at the output, fix the root cause, and re-run.
 - **On commit:** write a good message (see [CONTRIBUTING.md § Commit messages](./CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-messages)). Lefthook's pre-commit hook already runs the fast, offline, staged-file checks — don't run them by hand. If the hook fails on style, `npm run fix`, restage, recommit.
 - **Document decisions where the next maintainer will look:** rationale, rejected alternatives and known issues go in `development/<category>.md` (see [development/README.md](./development/README.md)); the actionable rule stays in [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) and links to it. Write each fact once — never copy the rule into `development/` or the reason into `CONTRIBUTING.md` — and change both in the same commit when a rule changes.
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ first-action facts. Do not restate evolving prose here — it will drift.
 Don't silence the type system to force a green run. As an agent these are forbidden:
 
 - `// @ts-nocheck`, `// @ts-ignore`, `// @ts-expect-error`
-- `// oxlint-disable` / `// oxlint-disable-next-line` — the sole exception is the fixed file-level `typescript/no-floating-promises` header at the top of a `*.test.ts` file, spelled exactly as [CONTRIBUTING.md § Rules the tools don't enforce](./CONTRIBUTING.md#rules-the-tools-dont-enforce) prescribes
+- `// oxlint-disable` / `// oxlint-disable-next-line`
+- editing `.oxlintrc.json` to silence a finding (e.g. turning `typescript/no-floating-promises` off)
 - `as` casts used to push an expression through (type-aware oxlint already flags unsafe assertions)
 
-Fix the root cause with the type system instead — narrowing, generics, `satisfies`, conditional / mapped types, utility types (`NonNullable`, `Exclude`, …). TypeScript can express it; that's the intended tool. The `oxlint-disable`-location rule in [CONTRIBUTING.md § Rules the tools don't enforce](./CONTRIBUTING.md#rules-the-tools-dont-enforce) is a **human** last-resort convention (so a reviewer can spot a deliberate suppression) — it is not permission for you to add one, except the one fixed `*.test.ts` file-level header named there. If the types genuinely cannot express something, stop and surface the conflict (commit message / handover) rather than suppress it.
+Fix the root cause with the type system instead — narrowing, generics, `satisfies`, conditional / mapped types, utility types (`NonNullable`, `Exclude`, …). TypeScript can express it; that's the intended tool. Suppressions — a source `oxlint-disable` **or** a `.oxlintrc.json` entry — are a **human** last resort, not a tool for you. If the types genuinely cannot express something, stop and surface the conflict (commit message / handover) rather than suppress it.
 
 The same applies to the checks themselves: **never `git commit --no-verify`** (or otherwise skip a pre-commit / pre-push hook). The checks are fast and offline, so a redundant run is fine — bypassing a hook to get green is the identical anti-pattern. If a commit already skipped a hook, redo it through one: `git reset --soft HEAD~1 && git commit -C <skipped-sha>`.
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,7 +7,24 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.7.0] - 2026-09-23
+
+- reject broad universes (`string`, `number`, template literals) and
+  value/stringification collisions (`true | "true"`, `1 | "1"`) at the factory
+- type handler parameters by the matched member, so a
+  standalone `"true"` universe is typed `"true"` rather than `true`
+
+## [0.6.0] - 2026-09-22
+
+- add `getTaggedUnionMatcher` / `getTaggedUnionMatcherW` for discriminated unions
+- rename the primitive matcher to primitive-union: `getMatcher` /
+  `getMatcherW` → `getPrimitiveUnionMatcher` / `getPrimitiveUnionMatcherW`, and
+  `src/primitive.ts` / `src/primitive.test.ts` → `src/primitive-union.*`
+
+## [0.5.0] - 2026-09-21
+
 - reject a fallback when the handler map already covers the universe
+- allow boolean, null and undefined in the matcher universe
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2026-09-20
 
@@ -65,7 +82,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - basic setup
 
-[Unreleased]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.4.0...main
+[Unreleased]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.7.0...main
+[0.7.0]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.6.0...0.7.0
+[0.6.0]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.5.0...0.6.0
+[0.5.0]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.4.0...0.5.0
 [0.4.0]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.3.0...0.4.0
 [0.3.0]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.2.0...0.3.0
 [0.2.0]: https://gitea.e1nsnull.de/tmu/tiny-pattern-ts/compare/0.1.8...0.2.0

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ before the implementation. The loop is **type → red → green → refactor**:
 4. **Refactor** — with the type system and the tests as the safety net, then
    `npm run verify` as the definition-of-done gate.
 
-Every test pairs an `expectTypeOf(...)` with an `assert.*`; keep them together.
+Every test pairs an `expectTypeOf(...)` with an `assert.*`; keep them together
+— including the expectations inside handler bodies, which pair with an
+assertion on the value dispatch passed, not only the type it inferred (see
+[development/testing.md § Handler arguments](./development/testing.md#handler-arguments)).
 The autocomplete tests (`src/util/__tests__/lsp-completion.test.ts` for the
-helper, `src/primitive.test.ts` for the matcher's popup) are the
+helper, `src/primitive-union.test.ts` for the matcher's popup) are the
 exception —
 the language server, not the type system, is the oracle (see
 [development/testing.md § Autocomplete](./development/testing.md#autocomplete)).
@@ -155,12 +158,9 @@ reaches for by default:
   [Script prefix convention](#script-prefix-convention).
 - **`oxlint-disable` directives live in source, not `.oxlintrc.json`.** The
   trade-off must sit next to the code it silences. This is a _human_ last-resort
-  convention; agents must not add these — see
-  [AGENTS.md § Never do](./AGENTS.md#never-do). The sole agent exception is the
-  fixed file-level header at the top of a `*.test.ts` file, spelled exactly:
-  `/* oxlint-disable typescript/no-floating-promises -- expectTypeOf() is a sync
-type-assertion library that the type-aware linter misidentifies as a promise
-*/` — any other suppression stays human-last-resort. (why:
+  convention; agents must not add one, nor edit `.oxlintrc.json` to silence a
+  finding (e.g. `typescript/no-floating-promises`) — see
+  [AGENTS.md § Never do](./AGENTS.md#never-do). (why:
   [development/tooling.md](./development/tooling.md#oxlint-disable-directives-live-next-to-the-code))
 - **Don't put slow / network / whole-project scans in `check` or pre-commit.**
   Advisory scans are not correctness gates; they belong under `maintain:`. (why:

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ordinary objects whose `matches` method is a TypeScript type guard, so narrowing
 composes the way any other guard does. It is deliberately not a regex engine and
 not a macro: there is no transpiler and no DSL to learn, and the type-level
 contract is the feature — see [development/library.md](./development/library.md)
-for the design decisions and the known limitations.
+for the design decisions and [Caveats](#caveats) for the limits.
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -23,6 +23,23 @@ for the design decisions and the known limitations.
 
 Yet to be implemented
 
+## Caveats
+
+- **Only finite universes are supported.** The factory must be given a finite
+  union of literals; `string`, `number` and template literals are rejected. This
+  is what lets the exhaustive overload be proven, so the runtime `dispatch`
+  throw stays unreachable through the typed API.
+- **A value and its stringification must not both be present.** Object keys
+  stringify, so a universe containing both a member and the string it
+  stringifies to — `1 | "1"`, `true | "true"`, `null | "null"` — is rejected at
+  the factory. Either form alone is fine, and one value's string form may
+  coexist with a _different_ value's bare form (`"true" | false`).
+- **`symbol` and `bigint` are not supported.** A `symbol` brand is a
+  compile-time phantom with nothing to match at runtime, and a `bigint` is not a
+  valid property key; neither satisfies the matcher's universe constraint.
+- **`NaN` and `-0` cannot be matched specifically.** They have no literal type,
+  so both stay part of `number`.
+
 ## License
 
 MIT © 2025 tmu. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE).

backlog.tasks

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ v1.0:
     ☐ Document all exported types and functions
     ☐ Add JSDoc for public APIs
 ☐ Test coverage meets threshold
-    ☐ Achieve 100% branch coverage on `src/primitive.ts`
+    ☐ Achieve 100% branch coverage on `src/primitive-union.ts`
     ☐ Achieve 100% branch coverage on `src/index.ts`
 
 Testing:
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ Testing:
     ✔ Rewrite `src/util/__tests__/lsp-completion.ts` onto `createMessageConnection` and typed requests @done
     ✔ Update `development/testing.md § Autocomplete` for the new client @done
     ✔ Run `npm run verify` and check the task off @done
+✘ Test a literal union widened with `(string & {})` — `"red" | "green" | "yellow" | (string & {})` @medium @cancelled
+    → broad universes are rejected; the rejection is covered by the broad-universe gate tests
+✔ Type hole when using broad types like string as a universe @high @done
+    → decided: broad universes are rejected at the factory, so the exhaustive overload can always be proven
+    → value/stringification collisions (`true | "true"`, `1 | "1"`) are rejected too; handler params are typed by `Member<T, K>`
+    → see development/library.md § Supported universes
 
 Matcher:
 ✔ Clean up: adopt the 3-overload matcher (`src/prototype-ac2.ts`) and delete the prototypes @high @done
@@ -46,14 +52,29 @@ Matcher:
     → the fallback is now a second argument: `(handlers, (s) => …)`, `s: Exclude<T, keyof handlers>`
 ✔ A fallback for an already-exhaustive handler map must be a compile error @medium @done
     → rejected by an F-bounded constraint on `Handled` (checked *after* inference); a conditional in the fallback parameter is evaluated too early and breaks contextual typing
+✔ Implement matcher with similar API like matcher from primitive.ts @high @done
+    → `getTaggedUnionMatcher` / `getTaggedUnionMatcherW`, curried on the discriminant key
+    → fallback is the second argument; `_` removed
+✔ Rename `primitive` to `primitive-union` and `getMatcher` to `getPrimitiveMatcher` @medium @done
+    → `src/primitive.ts` / `src/primitive.test.ts` → `primitive-union.*`
+    → `getMatcherW` → `getPrimitiveMatcherW` for symmetry with the tagged-union pair
+    → update `src/index.ts`, `development/library.md` and any README references
+    → shipped as `getPrimitiveUnionMatcher` / `getPrimitiveUnionMatcherW`; kept `Union` for symmetry with the tagged-union pair
+☐ when using a union type as a property, the current behavior of tagged union matcher is
+    to pass never to handler parameters
+    → new matcher function needed or can be fixed in tagged union matcher
+    ☐ optional discriminant (`{ type?: "x" }`) is the same hole: the boolean/nullish change now admits the `undefined` tag, so the factory accepts the key, but `Extract<T, Record<K, V>>` still passes `never` to both the `x` and `undefined` handlers
 
 Bugs:
 ✔ TS 7 LSP server logs `context canceled` on stderr at shutdown @done
     → `handleExit` returns `io.EOF`, cancelling the background context while `Session.updateWatches` is still in flight; the bare error is flushed to stderr and the server exits 1
     → close stdin after `shutdown` instead of sending `exit`; the server exits cleanly (code 0, no output), kill kept as a fallback
 Enhancements:
-☐ Allow boolean literals in primitive union patterns (e.g. `true: () => "yes"`) @medium
-☐ Are there other primitive types that should be supported in union patterns? (e.g. `bigint`, `symbol`) @medium
+✔ Allow boolean literals in primitive union patterns (e.g. `true: () => "yes"`) @medium @done
+    ✔ Are there other primitive types that should be supported in union patterns? (e.g. `bigint`, `symbol`) @medium @done
+        → added boolean, null and undefined; rejected `symbol` (compile-time brand, nothing at runtime) and `bigint` (not a property key)
+✔ Allow boolean, null and undefined discriminant values in tagged-union patterns @medium @done
+    → moved the `PatternKey` / `PatternParam` projection to `matcher-shared.ts` and keyed the tagged-union handler map through it; see development/library.md § Tagged-union matcher
 
 Documentation:
 ☐ Bring README.md back to its previous form — synopsis and examples restored, in the correct place

cspell.json

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
         "silverwind",
         "idris",
         "todotasks",
-        "connor"
+        "connor",
+        "injective",
+        "injectivity"
     ],
     "ignorePaths": ["dist", "node_modules", "coverage", "*.svg", ".gitignore"]
 }

development/library.md

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 The type-level design of the public API and the limitations it carries. The
 user-facing reference is [README § API](../README.md#api).
 
-The matcher is implemented in `src/primitive.ts` and re-exported from
-`src/index.ts` as `getMatcher` / `getMatcherW`; the rest of the library is
-placeholder code.
+The matchers are implemented in `src/primitive-union.ts` (`getPrimitiveUnionMatcher` /
+`getPrimitiveUnionMatcherW`) and `src/tagged-union.ts` (`getTaggedUnionMatcher` /
+`getTaggedUnionMatcherW`), re-exported from `src/index.ts`; the rest of the
+library is placeholder code.
 
 ## Matcher shape
 
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ A factory takes the universe and returns a builder; the builder takes a handler
 map and an optional fallback:
 
 ```ts
-const matcher = getMatcher<"a" | "b">()({ a: (s) => …, b: (s) => … });
-const fallback = getMatcher<"a" | "b" | "c">()({ a: (s) => … }, (s) => …);
+const matcher = getPrimitiveUnionMatcher<"a" | "b">()({ a: (s) => …, b: (s) => … });
+const fallback = getPrimitiveUnionMatcher<"a" | "b" | "c">()({ a: (s) => … }, (s) => …);
 ```
 
 Exhaustive or fallback is decided **at the call site**, by whether the second
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ argument is present. The fallback's parameter is the remainder
 `Exclude<T, keyof Handled>`. Only the return-strictness axis remains, so there
 are two factories:
 
-- `getMatcher` — one common `R`; the fallback must fit it;
-- `getMatcherW` — the union `PatternReturns<Handled> | R`.
+- `getPrimitiveUnionMatcher` — one common `R`; the fallback must fit it;
+- `getPrimitiveUnionMatcherW` — the union `PatternReturns<Handled> | R`.
 
 Each factory is two overloads whose order is load-bearing:
 
@@ -91,3 +92,169 @@ Each factory is two overloads whose order is load-bearing:
 - `Parameters<typeof factory>[0]` resolves only the **last** overload, so it is
   not a sound "rejected" oracle for a factory. Factory-negative tests use
   `@ts-expect-error` call sites (the test file only — the general ban stands).
+
+## Shared internals
+
+#### Decision (2026-09)
+
+`src/matcher-shared.ts` holds the universe-agnostic pieces both matchers use:
+`UnaryFn`, `PatternReturns`, `RedundantFallback`, `HandlerMap`, the shared
+`Matchable` universe, the `PatternKey` key projection and its `Member` inverse,
+and the `Stringified` / `Collisions` / `UnsupportedReason` / `UnsupportedUniverse`
+/ `UniverseGate` universe gate.
+
+#### Why
+
+- `RedundantFallback`'s property name is the diagnostic, so one definition
+  keeps the two matchers' message from drifting; the other pieces appear
+  verbatim in both public signatures or are the same projection over each
+  matcher's universe.
+- **`Matchable` is one definition, not two.** The primitive-union matcher's
+  universe and the tagged-union matcher's allowed `Tag` values are the same set,
+  so aliasing them keeps the two matchers from drifting apart on what they
+  accept (`symbol`/`bigint` rejected once).
+
+#### Rejected
+
+- **A generic `Matcher<Universe>` over the interface pair, `Handlers`,
+  `Fallback` and `MustBePartial`.** Each is built from its own universe
+  (`Tags`/`MapTaggedUnion` vs the primitive values); abstracting over the
+  F-bounded `Handled` constraint that makes the remainder work risks the
+  contextual typing it exists to preserve. `Matchable`, the `PatternKey` /
+  `Member` projection and the `UniverseGate` are the pieces both universes
+  genuinely share.
+
+## Supported universes
+
+#### Decision (2026-09)
+
+A universe must be a **finite union of literals** with **no
+value/stringification collision**. Broad types (`string`, `number`, a template
+literal) and `"true" | true` / `1 | "1"` are rejected; the factory intersects
+`UniverseGate<T>` (the `UnsupportedUniverse<Reason>` diagnostic) into the
+handler and fallback parameters. `Member<T, K>` replaces the `PatternParam<K>`
+inversion: the handler parameter is the member(s) of `T` whose `PatternKey` is
+`K`, so a standalone `"true"` is `"true"`, not `true`.
+
+#### Why
+
+- **`PatternKey` is not injective.** `"true"` and `true` (and `1` / `"1"`)
+  share a runtime key, so `PatternParam<K>` cannot recover the member.
+  `Member<T, K>` inverts against `T`, which is exact.
+- **Broad types cannot be proven exhaustive.** An index-like map lets a partial
+  object satisfy the exhaustive overload and reaches the `dispatch` throw.
+  Rejecting at the boundary avoids threading an open/closed branch through
+  `Handlers`, `Fallback` and `MustBePartial`.
+- **Collisions are rejected, not merged.** `Member<T, K>` would be sound (the
+  handler gets the union), but the API is one handler per member; rejecting
+  keeps `Member` a singleton and the remainder exact.
+- **The collision predicate is type-checkable.** `Collisions<T> =
+Extract<T, Stringified<T>>` catches numeric collisions too.
+- **The gate is an intersection, not a branch,** so `R` inference and the popup
+  survive; a conditional parameter type would not.
+
+#### Rejected
+
+- **Open universes with a required fallback** (`fix/open-universe-*`): sound,
+  but left the collision hole and added an `IsLiteral` /
+  `OpenUniverseNeedsFallback` branch through every handler type. Findings, kept
+  so they are not re-run: `{}` satisfies an index signature (and `Exact` misses
+  it); an index signature dominates contextual typing; `R` infers only from a
+  non-self-referential parameter type (`{ [K in keyof H]: … R … }` gives
+  `unknown`); an F-bounded guard referencing `keyof Handled` in `Handled`'s own
+  constraint sees the constraint, not the map; all handlers share one `R` (only
+  the fallback widens it); `IsLiteral` is the finite-literal predicate.
+- **`Member<T, K>` without the gate:** sound, but a colliding handler gets a
+  union and `1 | "1"` stays one runtime key.
+- **A round-trip injectivity gate** (`IsEqual<T, PatternParam<PatternKey<T>>>`):
+  over-rejects standalone `"true"` / `"false"` / `"null"` / `"undefined"`.
+- **A case-list / ts-pattern builder:** removes the collision class but drops
+  the object map (footprint, popup) and reimplements an existing library.
+- **Normalize numeric keys to strings:** makes `PatternKey` injective but
+  changes "numeric keys stay numbers" and defeats the numeric dispatch fast
+  path.
+
+#### Known issue
+
+- A multi-collision universe lists every collision in the diagnostic.
+- The `dispatch` throw is unreachable through the typed API; the throw tests
+  widen the factory to `Function` to reach it.
+
+## Tagged-union matcher
+
+#### Decision (2026-09)
+
+`getTaggedUnionMatcher` / `getTaggedUnionMatcherW` mirror the primitive-union pair
+with one extra curried step for the discriminant key:
+
+```ts
+type Shape =
+    | { kind: "circle"; radius: number }
+    | { kind: "square"; side: number };
+
+const area = getTaggedUnionMatcher<Shape>()("kind")({
+    circle: (s) => Math.PI * s.radius ** 2,
+    square: (s) => s.side ** 2,
+});
+const fallback = getTaggedUnionMatcher<Shape>()("kind")(
+    { circle: (s) => … },
+    (s) => …, // s: { kind: "square"; side: number }
+);
+```
+
+The key is a separate call because `K` is inferred from its literal argument and
+`T` is fixed by the first factory; one call could not infer both.
+`Discriminated<T>` restricts the key to properties whose values are tags.
+
+#### Why
+
+- **Same fallback/remainder machinery as the primitive-union matcher.** `HandledMembers`
+  maps the handled tags to their members and `Exclude<T, …>` is the fallback's
+  parameter; the redundant-fallback guard is the same F-bounded constraint. Only
+  the "universe" changes — `T`'s members instead of primitive values.
+- **`T extends object`, not `Record<PropertyKey, unknown>`.** An `interface` has
+  no implicit index signature, so the `Record` constraint would reject
+  interface-based unions. The runtime reads the tag off `object` with one
+  assertion, the tagged twin of the primitive-union dispatch's `shape as string | number`.
+- **`MapTaggedUnion` distributes with `Extract`.** A duplicated tag yields a
+  union of members instead of dropping one.
+- **A `boolean` / `null` / `undefined` tag goes through the shared
+  `PatternKey` / `Member` projection.** `Discriminated` admits those tags
+  (they are in `Tag`), but they cannot key a mapped type, so the handler map is
+  keyed by the stringified form (`true` → `"true"`) and `Member` inverts it
+  against the tag set to recover the member. This is the same projection the
+  primitive-union matcher uses over its universe, which is why it lives in
+  `matcher-shared.ts`.
+
+#### Known issue
+
+- A member's tag must be unique across the union; two members with the same tag
+  collapse to a union under one handler. A tag colliding with its
+  stringification (`true | "true"`) is rejected by the universe gate — see
+  § Supported universes.
+
+## Primitive universe
+
+#### Decision (2026-09)
+
+The universe (`Matchable`) is `string | number | boolean | null | undefined`,
+with `boolean` admitted as `true | false`.
+
+`boolean`/`null`/`undefined` are not property keys, so handler-map keys are a
+projection (`PatternKey`: each member stringified) and `Member` inverts it
+against the universe, so callbacks receive the real member (`true`, not
+`"true"`; the standalone string `"true"` stays `"true"`). The popup offers
+`true`, `false`, `null`, `undefined` by name (verified over LSP). The same
+projection is shared with the tagged-union matcher; see § Tagged-union matcher.
+The supported universes are constrained as described in § Supported universes.
+
+#### Why
+
+- Runtime dispatch indexes with the raw `shape`; `handlers[true]` coerces to
+  `"true"` at runtime exactly as `String` would. The `shape as string | number`
+  assertion only placates `TS2538` and buys the number fast path (an explicit
+  `String()` defeats V8's numeric-key path: measured ~2× on number-keyed
+  dispatch).
+- `symbol`/`bigint`/`NaN`/`-0` are rejected, and a member colliding with its
+  stringification is rejected by the gate: user-facing, stated once in
+  [README § Caveats](../README.md#caveats).

development/testing.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ before the implementation.
 - Runtime-first (classic red/green): it verifies the value, not the contract,
   and the contract is the product.
 - Testing the type only: it would not catch handler dispatch or the `_`
-  fallback (see `src/primitive.test.ts`).
+  fallback (see `src/primitive-union.test.ts`).
 
 The runner is `node --test --strip-types "src/**/*.test.ts"` and the tiers are
 in
@@ -37,6 +37,40 @@ in
 build step, and the runner relies on the `.ts` import-extension convention (see
 [tooling.md](./tooling.md#source-imports-use-ts-extensions)).
 
+## Handler arguments
+
+#### Decision (2026-09)
+
+A handler's `expectTypeOf(shape)` is always paired with an assertion on the
+argument `dispatch` actually passed: `assert.equal` where the handler runs for
+one shape, `assert.ok(s === … || s === …)` over the set a `_` fallback accepts
+(`assert` is imported as `strict`, so each comparison is `Object.is`). Where a
+test should also prove that the _exact_ value reached the handler unchanged,
+the fallback returns the shape verbatim and the call site asserts it.
+
+#### Why
+
+- The parameter's type is what the compiler inferred from the pattern; the
+  argument is what the runtime passed. Only the second can drift, and the keys
+  whose property name differs from their value (`true`, `null`, `1`) are
+  exactly where it can — see [library.md](./library.md).
+- `String(shape)` at the call site keeps every type expectation and every
+  return-value assertion green; the argument assertions fail (10 of the 33
+  tests). Without them the suite never looks at the passed argument.
+- Returning the shape verbatim costs a widening pattern nothing: the remainder
+  type joins the union of handler returns in place of a marker literal, so the
+  test still shows the widening it is named for.
+
+#### Rejected
+
+- A recorded `unknown[]` of every fallback call compared with `deepEqual`:
+  strong, but it couples the assertion to call order, and the sink sits three
+  blocks away from the value it observes.
+- `typeof` checks: they cannot separate `2` from its key text `"2"`, which is
+  the drift a fallback with a numeric remainder can hit.
+- One expected value asserted inline in a fallback: its argument is a _set_ of
+  shapes, so only the disjunction holds on every call.
+
 ## AAA ordering
 
 The rule is in
@@ -133,7 +167,7 @@ The script prints the labels the server offers at a `/*COMPLETE*/` marker inside
 `<file>` (the marker is stripped before the document is sent). Its `LspSession`
 is imported by `src/util/__tests__/lsp-completion.test.ts` — which tests the
 helper itself against inline documents, never the library's code — and by
-`src/primitive.test.ts`, where the same probe asserts the matcher's popup;
+`src/primitive-union.test.ts`, where the same probe asserts the matcher's popup;
 the CLI is for manual inspection.
 
 #### Why
@@ -167,8 +201,8 @@ the CLI is for manual inspection.
 
 ## Known issues
 
-- The type-aware linter misidentifies `expectTypeOf()` as a floating promise, so
-  test files that use it (`src/primitive.test.ts`) carry a file-level
-  `oxlint-disable typescript/no-floating-promises` with an explanatory comment.
-  It is a known false positive, not a rule worth disabling project-wide (see
+- The type-aware linter misidentifies `expectTypeOf()` as a floating promise.
+  It is a known false positive, so `typescript/no-floating-promises` is off for
+  `**/*.test.ts` in the `.oxlintrc.json` override rather than repeated as a
+  file-level header (see
   [tooling.md § oxlint-disable directives live next to the code](./tooling.md#oxlint-disable-directives-live-next-to-the-code)).

development/tooling.md

@@ -106,26 +106,34 @@ Type-aware oxlint is enabled via `options.typeAware: true` in `.oxlintrc.json`
 
 #### Decision (2026-09)
 
-A type-aware rule that false-positives is silenced with a source-level
-`oxlint-disable` directive (see `src/primitive.ts`,
-`src/primitive.test.ts`), not by turning the rule off in `.oxlintrc.json`.
+A type-aware rule that false-positives **at one site** is silenced with a
+source-level `oxlint-disable` directive (see `src/primitive-union.ts`). A rule that is
+wrong for a whole **file class** is turned off in a `.oxlintrc.json` `overrides`
+entry instead — e.g. `typescript/no-floating-promises` (synchronous
+`expectTypeOf` reads as an unhandled promise) and `unicorn/no-null` (intentional
+`null` inputs) for `**/*.test.ts`. The same exemption is not repeated as a
+file-level header in every affected file.
 
 #### Why
 
-- The disable sits next to the code it silences, visible to anyone reading the
-  source.
-- The rule stays on everywhere else, so only the mis-firing line is exempted.
+- A one-site disable sits next to the code it silences, visible to anyone
+  reading the source, and the rule stays on everywhere else.
+- A file-class rule is a property of the file class, not of one line; the
+  override states it once, where the rest of the file-class config lives.
 
 #### Rejected
 
-- A project-wide disable in `.oxlintrc.json` for a false positive: it hides the
-  exemption from the reader of the affected code and switches the rule off
-  repo-wide for a one-site problem.
+- A project-wide disable in `.oxlintrc.json` for a one-site false positive: it
+  hides the exemption from the reader of the affected code and switches the rule
+  off repo-wide for a one-site problem.
+- A repeated file-level `oxlint-disable` header for a file-class false positive:
+  the copies drift and scatter one config decision across the tree.
 
 #### Known issue
 
-- A source-level disable is a _human_ last resort. AI agents must not add one;
-  they fix the type at its root (see [AGENTS.md § Never do](../AGENTS.md#never-do)).
+- Both placements are _human_ last resorts. AI agents must neither add a source
+  disable nor edit `.oxlintrc.json`; they fix the type at its root (see
+  [AGENTS.md § Never do](../AGENTS.md#never-do)).
 
 ### Unwanted stylistic rules are turned off in the config
 

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "tiny-pattern-ts",
-    "version": "0.4.0",
+    "version": "0.7.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "tiny-pattern-ts",
-            "version": "0.4.0",
+            "version": "0.7.0",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "type-fest": "^5.9.0"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tiny-pattern-ts",
-    "version": "0.4.0",
+    "version": "0.7.0",
     "description": "Pattern matching for TypeScript/ESM environments (F#-style, not regex)",
     "keywords": [
         "adt",

src/index.ts

@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-export { getMatcher, getMatcherW } from "./primitive.ts";
+export {
+    getPrimitiveUnionMatcher,
+    getPrimitiveUnionMatcherW,
+} from "./primitive-union.ts";
+export {
+    getTaggedUnionMatcher,
+    getTaggedUnionMatcherW,
+} from "./tagged-union.ts";

src/matcher-shared.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import type { IsLiteral, IsNever, ValueOf } from "type-fest";
+
+// The primitive-union and tagged-union matchers differ in their universe, but the
+// handler/fallback plumbing is identical; these are the shared pieces. The
+// boundary is deliberate: `Handlers`, `Fallback` and `MustBePartial` stay with
+// each matcher because they are built from its universe. See development/library.md.
+
+// A handler: one universe member in, one return value out.
+export type UnaryFn<T, R> = (shape: T) => R;
+
+// The primitive universe a matcher can discriminate. The primitive-union matcher
+// uses it directly; the tagged-union matcher uses it as the set of allowed
+// discriminant (`Tag`) values. `boolean` is admitted as the pair `true | false`;
+// see README § Caveats for the unsupported members.
+export type Matchable = string | number | boolean | null | undefined;
+
+// `boolean`, `null` and `undefined` cannot be property keys, so a mapped type
+// over a universe that includes one keys each such member by its
+// stringification. `Member` inverts that projection against the universe, so a
+// handler callback still receives the *real* member (`true`, not `"true"`).
+// Both matchers use the projection: the primitive-union matcher over its
+// universe, the tagged-union matcher over a discriminant property's values. See
+// README § Caveats for the limits.
+export type PatternKey<T> = T extends boolean
+    ? T extends true
+        ? "true"
+        : "false"
+    : T extends null
+      ? "null"
+      : T extends undefined
+        ? "undefined"
+        : T;
+
+// The member(s) of `T` whose `PatternKey` is `K`: the universe-keyed inverse of
+// `PatternKey`. The key alone cannot recover the member (`"true"` and `true`
+// share it), so the handler parameter is derived from `T` instead. For a
+// supported (injective) universe the result is a single member.
+export type Member<
+    T extends Matchable,
+    K extends PropertyKey,
+> = T extends Matchable ? (PatternKey<T> extends K ? T : never) : never;
+
+// The property key a `Matchable` member takes at runtime: booleans, `null` and
+// `undefined` stringify, and a numeric literal becomes its decimal string.
+export type Stringified<T> = T extends boolean
+    ? T extends true
+        ? "true"
+        : "false"
+    : T extends null
+      ? "null"
+      : T extends undefined
+        ? "undefined"
+        : T extends number
+          ? `${T}`
+          : never;
+
+// The members of `T` that are also the stringification of another member, so
+// `PatternKey` cannot invert them. `never` means the universe is injective.
+export type Collisions<T> = Extract<T, Stringified<T>>;
+
+// Why `T` is not a supported universe, or `never` when it is. A supported
+// universe is a finite union of literals with no value/stringification
+// collision: only then can `PatternKey` be inverted unambiguously.
+export type UnsupportedReason<T extends Matchable> =
+    IsLiteral<PatternKey<T>> extends false
+        ? "broad types like string, number and template literals are not supported"
+        : [Collisions<T>] extends [never]
+          ? never
+          : `a value and its stringification collide. Value is "${Collisions<T> & string}"`;
+
+// The diagnostic for an unsupported universe. Extends `HandlerMap` so the
+// implementation's `handlers: HandlerMap` stays assignable when the gate is
+// intersected into a parameter; the property name is the message.
+export type UnsupportedUniverse<Reason extends string> = HandlerMap &
+    Readonly<Record<`unsupported universe: ${Reason}`, never>>;
+
+// `unknown` for a supported universe (an intersection no-op), the diagnostic
+// otherwise. Intersecting rather than branching keeps `R` inference intact.
+export type UniverseGate<T extends Matchable> =
+    IsNever<UnsupportedReason<T>> extends true
+        ? unknown
+        : UnsupportedUniverse<UnsupportedReason<T>>;
+
+// `Extract` drops optional handlers (`undefined`) so `PatternReturns` also works
+// when `P`'s constraint has optional keys.
+export type PatternReturns<P> = ReturnType<
+    Extract<ValueOf<P>, (...args: never[]) => unknown>
+>;
+
+// The diagnostic raised when a fallback is supplied for an already-exhaustive
+// handler map. Each matcher's `MustBePartial` folds it into `Handled`'s
+// constraint so the guard is checked after inference.
+export interface RedundantFallback {
+    readonly "every case is already handled, so the fallback is redundant": never;
+}
+
+// The runtime dispatch map the handler maps and fallback erase to.
+export type HandlerMap = Record<
+    string | number,
+    UnaryFn<never, unknown> | undefined
+>;

src/primitive-union.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
-import type { Exact, ValueOf } from "type-fest";
+import type { Exact } from "type-fest";
 
-type UnaryFn<T, R> = (shape: T) => R;
+import type {
+    HandlerMap,
+    Matchable,
+    Member,
+    PatternKey,
+    PatternReturns,
+    RedundantFallback,
+    UnaryFn,
+    UniverseGate,
+} from "./matcher-shared.ts";
 
-// `Extract` drops optional handlers (`undefined`) so `PatternReturns` also works
-// when `P`'s constraint has optional keys.
-type PatternReturns<P> = ReturnType<
-    Extract<ValueOf<P>, (...args: never[]) => unknown>
->;
-
-type Handlers<T extends string | number, R> = { [K in T]: UnaryFn<K, R> };
+type Handlers<T extends Matchable, R> = {
+    [K in PatternKey<T>]: UnaryFn<Member<T, K>, R>;
+};
 
 // The fallback is a *second argument*, not a property of the handler map,
-// because its parameter is the remainder `Exclude<T, keyof Handled>` and TypeScript
+// because its parameter is the remainder `Exclude<T, Member<T, keyof Handled>>` and TypeScript
 // fixes a property's contextual type before it infers its sibling keys. A later
 // argument, by contrast, is contextually typed from inference on an earlier
 // one, so the split is what makes the remainder expressible at all.
 // See development/library.md.
-type Fallback<T extends string | number, Handled, R> = UnaryFn<
-    Exclude<T, keyof Handled>,
+type Fallback<T extends Matchable, Handled, R> = UnaryFn<
+    Exclude<T, Member<T, keyof Handled>>,
     R
 >;
 
@@ -29,70 +34,71 @@ type Fallback<T extends string | number, Handled, R> = UnaryFn<
 // failure is reported on the argument that inferred `Handled` (the handler
 // map), so the required property is spelled as the message instead of relying
 // on its position. See development/library.md.
-interface RedundantFallback {
-    readonly "every case is already handled, so the fallback is redundant": never;
-}
-type MustBePartial<T extends string | number, Handled> = T extends keyof Handled
-    ? RedundantFallback
-    : unknown;
+type MustBePartial<T extends Matchable, Handled> =
+    PatternKey<T> extends keyof Handled ? RedundantFallback : unknown;
 
 // TypeScript does not apply the excess-property check to a generic constraint,
 // so `Exact` restores it for the generic forms: a handler map can otherwise
 // carry keys outside `T`.
 
-// oxlint-disable typescript/unified-signatures
 // Strict returns: one common `R`. Overload order is load-bearing:
 //   #1 Handlers (first) -> the exhaustive form and the autocomplete popup
 //   #2 Fallback (last)  -> accepts a partial handler map plus a fallback
-interface MatcherStrict<T extends string | number> {
-    <R>(handlers: Handlers<T, R>): UnaryFn<T, R>;
+interface PrimitiveUnionMatcherStrict<T extends Matchable> {
+    <R>(handlers: Handlers<T, R> & UniverseGate<T>): UnaryFn<T, R>;
     <
         R,
         Handled extends Exact<Partial<Handlers<T, R>>, Handled> &
             MustBePartial<T, Handled>,
     >(
-        handlers: Handled & Partial<Handlers<T, R>>,
-        fallback: Fallback<T, Handled, R>,
+        handlers: Handled & Partial<Handlers<T, R>> & UniverseGate<T>,
+        fallback: Fallback<T, Handled, R> & UniverseGate<T>,
     ): UnaryFn<T, R>;
 }
-// oxlint-enable typescript/unified-signatures
 
 // Widened returns: the union of every handler's return type. `P` is inferred
 // from the whole handler map, whose closed constraint supplies the
 // contextual/autocomplete type.
-// oxlint-disable typescript/unified-signatures
-interface MatcherWidening<T extends string | number> {
+interface PrimitiveUnionMatcherWidening<T extends Matchable> {
     <P extends Exact<Handlers<T, unknown>, P>>(
-        handlers: P,
+        handlers: P & UniverseGate<T>,
     ): UnaryFn<T, PatternReturns<P>>;
     <
         R,
         Handled extends Exact<Partial<Handlers<T, unknown>>, Handled> &
             MustBePartial<T, Handled>,
     >(
-        handlers: Handled,
-        fallback: Fallback<T, Handled, R>,
+        handlers: Handled & UniverseGate<T>,
+        fallback: Fallback<T, Handled, R> & UniverseGate<T>,
     ): UnaryFn<T, PatternReturns<Handled> | R>;
 }
-// oxlint-enable typescript/unified-signatures
-
-type HandlerMap = Record<string | number, UnaryFn<never, unknown> | undefined>;
 
 const dispatch =
     (handlers: HandlerMap, fallback?: UnaryFn<never, unknown>) =>
-    (shape: string | number): unknown =>
+    (shape: Matchable): unknown =>
+        // `handlers[true]` already coerces to the `"true"` property at runtime,
+        // identical to `handlers[String(shape)]`, so indexing with `shape`
+        // directly is sound: `shape` is a facade-checked universe member and
+        // `PatternKey` only ever produces valid property keys. The assertion is
+        // needed solely because TypeScript forbids indexing with
+        // `boolean`/`null`/`undefined` (TS2538); it buys the number fast path.
         (
-            handlers[shape] ??
+            handlers[
+                // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unsafe-type-assertion
+                shape as string | number
+            ] ??
             fallback ??
             (() => {
-                throw new Error(`Unhandled shape: ${shape}`);
+                throw new Error(`Unhandled shape: ${String(shape)}`);
             })
         )(
             // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unsafe-type-assertion
             shape as never,
         );
 
-export const getMatcher = <T extends string | number>(): MatcherStrict<T> =>
-    dispatch;
-export const getMatcherW = <T extends string | number>(): MatcherWidening<T> =>
-    dispatch;
+export const getPrimitiveUnionMatcher = <
+    T extends Matchable,
+>(): PrimitiveUnionMatcherStrict<T> => dispatch;
+export const getPrimitiveUnionMatcherW = <
+    T extends Matchable,
+>(): PrimitiveUnionMatcherWidening<T> => dispatch;

src/primitive.test.ts

@@ -1,513 +0,0 @@
-/* oxlint-disable typescript/no-floating-promises -- expectTypeOf() is a sync type-assertion library that the type-aware linter misidentifies as a promise */
-import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
-import path from "node:path";
-import { test } from "node:test";
-
-import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type";
-
-import {
-    type CompletionTarget,
-    LspSession,
-} from "#test-utils/lsp-completion.ts";
-
-import { getMatcher, getMatcherW } from "./primitive.ts";
-
-// ============================================================================
-// API: getMatcher — ✔️ Exhaustive / ✔️ ReturnsStrict
-// ============================================================================
-
-test("getMatcher: exhaustive pattern infers one common return type", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<"a" | "b">();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory({
-        a: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"a">();
-            return 1;
-        },
-        b: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"b">();
-            return 2;
-        },
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    // ✔️ ReturnsStrict: R is the best common return type, not a widening union.
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: "a" | "b") => number>();
-    // ❌ a value outside T must not be accepted by the matcher
-    expectTypeOf<"c">().not.toExtend<Parameters<typeof matcher>[0]>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), 1);
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), 2);
-});
-
-test("getMatcher: dispatches on numeric literal keys", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<1 | 2>();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory({
-        1: (n) => {
-            expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<1>();
-            return n + 1;
-        },
-        2: (n) => {
-            expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<2>();
-            return n * 10;
-        },
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: 1 | 2) => number>();
-    assert.equal(matcher(1), 2);
-    assert.equal(matcher(2), 20);
-});
-
-test("getMatcher: dispatches on mixed string and numeric keys", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<"a" | "b" | 1 | 2>();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory({
-        a: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"a">();
-            return 1;
-        },
-        b: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"b">();
-            return 2;
-        },
-        1: (n) => {
-            expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<1>();
-            return 10;
-        },
-        2: (n) => {
-            expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<2>();
-            return 20;
-        },
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: "a" | "b" | 1 | 2) => number>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), 1);
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), 2);
-    assert.equal(matcher(1), 10);
-    assert.equal(matcher(2), 20);
-});
-
-// ============================================================================
-// API: getMatcher — ❌ Exhaustive (fallback) / ✔️ ReturnsStrict
-// ============================================================================
-
-test("getMatcher: a `_` fallback receives the unhandled keys", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<"a" | "b" | "c">();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory(
-        {
-            a: (s) => {
-                expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"a">();
-                return 1 as const;
-            },
-        },
-        (s) => {
-            // The fallback sees only the keys `a` did not handle.
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"b" | "c">();
-            return 2 as const;
-        },
-    );
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: "a" | "b" | "c") => 1 | 2>();
-    // ❌ a value outside T must not be accepted by the matcher
-    expectTypeOf<"d">().not.toExtend<Parameters<typeof matcher>[0]>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), 1);
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), 2);
-    assert.equal(matcher("c"), 2);
-});
-
-test("getMatcher: a `_` fallback routes mixed string and numeric gaps", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<"a" | "b" | 1 | 2>();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory(
-        {
-            a: (s) => {
-                expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"a">();
-                return "A";
-            },
-            1: (n) => {
-                expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<1>();
-                return "one";
-            },
-        },
-        (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"b" | 2>();
-            return "fallback";
-        },
-    );
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: "a" | "b" | 1 | 2) => string>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), "A");
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), "fallback");
-    assert.equal(matcher(1), "one");
-    assert.equal(matcher(2), "fallback");
-});
-
-// ============================================================================
-// API: getMatcherW — ✔️ Exhaustive / ❌ ReturnsStrict
-// ============================================================================
-
-test("getMatcherW: exhaustive pattern widens to the union of handler returns", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcherW<"x" | "y">();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory({
-        x: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"x">();
-            return 1 as const;
-        },
-        y: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"y">();
-            return "two" as const;
-        },
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    // ❌ ReturnsStrict: mixed handler returns widen to their union.
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: "x" | "y") => 1 | "two">();
-    // ❌ a value outside T must not be accepted by the matcher
-    expectTypeOf<"z">().not.toExtend<Parameters<typeof matcher>[0]>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("x"), 1);
-    assert.equal(matcher("y"), "two");
-});
-
-test("getMatcherW: dispatches on mixed string and numeric keys", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcherW<"a" | "b" | 1 | 2>();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory({
-        a: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"a">();
-            return "A" as const;
-        },
-        b: (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"b">();
-            return "B" as const;
-        },
-        1: (n) => {
-            expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<1>();
-            return 10 as const;
-        },
-        2: (n) => {
-            expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<2>();
-            return 20 as const;
-        },
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<
-        (shape: "a" | "b" | 1 | 2) => "A" | "B" | 10 | 20
-    >();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), "A");
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), "B");
-    assert.equal(matcher(1), 10);
-    assert.equal(matcher(2), 20);
-});
-
-// ============================================================================
-// API: getMatcherW — ❌ Exhaustive (fallback) / ❌ ReturnsStrict
-// ============================================================================
-
-test("getMatcherW: a `_` fallback widens gaps into the union", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcherW<"x" | "y" | "z">();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory(
-        {
-            x: (s) => {
-                expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"x">();
-                return 1 as const;
-            },
-        },
-        (s) => {
-            // The fallback sees only the keys `x` did not handle.
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"y" | "z">();
-            return "fallback" as const;
-        },
-    );
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<
-        (shape: "x" | "y" | "z") => 1 | "fallback"
-    >();
-    // ❌ a value outside T must not be accepted by the matcher
-    expectTypeOf<"w">().not.toExtend<Parameters<typeof matcher>[0]>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("x"), 1);
-    assert.equal(matcher("y"), "fallback");
-    assert.equal(matcher("z"), "fallback");
-});
-
-test("getMatcherW: a `_` fallback widens mixed string and numeric returns", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcherW<"a" | "b" | 1 | 2>();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory(
-        {
-            a: (s) => {
-                expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"a">();
-                return "A" as const;
-            },
-            1: (n) => {
-                expectTypeOf(n).toEqualTypeOf<1>();
-                return 10 as const;
-            },
-        },
-        (s) => {
-            expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<"b" | 2>();
-            return "fallback" as const;
-        },
-    );
-
-    // Assert
-    // ❌ ReturnsStrict: mixed handler returns widen to their union.
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<
-        (shape: "a" | "b" | 1 | 2) => "A" | 10 | "fallback"
-    >();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), "A");
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), "fallback");
-    assert.equal(matcher(1), 10);
-    assert.equal(matcher(2), "fallback");
-});
-
-// ============================================================================
-// Factory contracts — calls that must not compile
-// ============================================================================
-
-test("getMatcher factory rejects patterns outside its contract", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<"a" | "b">();
-
-    // Act / Assert — the calls below must not compile.
-    // `Parameters<typeof factory>[0]` resolves only the *last* overload, so it
-    // is not a sound "rejected" oracle (an accepted partial pattern does not
-    // extend it either); the call sites are the oracle instead.
-    factory({
-        a: () => 1,
-        b: () => 2,
-        // @ts-expect-error `c` is not part of the universe `"a" | "b"`
-        c: () => 3,
-    });
-    // @ts-expect-error a gap without a `_` fallback is not exhaustive
-    factory({ a: () => 1 });
-    // @ts-expect-error a `string` fallback does not fit the `number` handler
-    factory({ a: () => 1 }, () => "x");
-    // @ts-expect-error a fallback is redundant once the map covers the universe
-    factory({ a: () => 1, b: () => 2 }, () => 0);
-});
-
-test("getMatcher: an open universe keeps the fallback's remainder open", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcher<string>();
-
-    // Act
-    const matcher = factory({ a: () => 1 }, (s) => {
-        // The map's literal keys do not close an open universe, so the
-        // remainder stays `string` and the fallback is not redundant.
-        expectTypeOf(s).toEqualTypeOf<string>();
-        return 2 as const;
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    expectTypeOf(matcher).toEqualTypeOf<(shape: string) => number>();
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), 1);
-    assert.equal(matcher("b"), 2);
-});
-
-test("getMatcherW factory rejects patterns outside its contract", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const factory = getMatcherW<"x" | "y">();
-
-    // Act / Assert — the calls below must not compile
-    factory({
-        x: () => 1 as const,
-        y: () => 2 as const,
-        // @ts-expect-error `z` is not part of the universe `"x" | "y"`
-        z: () => 3 as const,
-    });
-    // @ts-expect-error a gap without a `_` fallback is not exhaustive
-    factory({ x: () => 1 as const });
-    // @ts-expect-error a fallback is redundant once the map covers the universe
-    factory({ x: () => 1 as const, y: () => 2 as const }, () => 0);
-});
-
-// ============================================================================
-// Dispatch — runtime behavior
-// ============================================================================
-
-test("getMatcher: an unhandled shape throws without a fallback", () => {
-    // Arrange — an open universe types its handler map as an index signature,
-    // so the type system cannot prove the runtime map is exhaustive.
-    const handlers: Record<string, () => number> = { a: () => 1 };
-    const matcher = getMatcher<string>()(handlers);
-
-    // Act / Assert
-    assert.equal(matcher("a"), 1);
-    assert.throws(() => matcher("b"), /Unhandled shape: b/);
-});
-
-// ============================================================================
-// Autocomplete — the language server is the oracle, not the type system
-// ============================================================================
-
-// Completion is a contextual-type property that the type system cannot observe,
-// so the cases below read the popup from the repo's language server (via the
-// test helper) rather than pairing `expectTypeOf` with `assert` — see
-// development/testing.md § Autocomplete. They probe the *matcher's* overloads,
-// which is why they live with the matcher and not with the helper.
-const REPO_ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..");
-const UNIVERSE = `"a" | "b" | "c"`;
-
-// One session per probe: the tests share no language-server state (open
-// documents, project membership), so they pass in any order.
-interface LabelsProbe {
-    readonly name: string;
-    readonly factory: "getMatcher" | "getMatcherW";
-    readonly body: string;
-    readonly tail?: string;
-}
-
-const labelsFor = ({
-    name,
-    factory,
-    body,
-    tail = "",
-}: LabelsProbe): Promise<readonly string[]> => {
-    const session = new LspSession(REPO_ROOT);
-    const target: CompletionTarget = {
-        file: `src/__autocomplete_${name}.ts`,
-        source: [
-            `import { ${factory} } from "./index.ts";`,
-            `const m = ${factory}<${UNIVERSE}>()({`,
-            body,
-            `}${tail});`,
-            "",
-        ].join("\n"),
-    };
-    return session
-        .completionLabelsAt(target)
-        .then((result) => result.labels)
-        .finally(() => session.close());
-};
-
-test("autocomplete: an exhaustive pattern requires the universe", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const name = "getMatcher_fresh";
-
-    // Act
-    const labels = labelsFor({
-        name,
-        factory: "getMatcher",
-        body: "    /*COMPLETE*/",
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    return labels.then((result) => {
-        assert.deepEqual([...result], ["a", "b", "c"]);
-    });
-});
-
-test("autocomplete: handled keys drop out of the popup", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const name = "getMatcher_after_key";
-
-    // Act
-    const labels = labelsFor({
-        name,
-        factory: "getMatcher",
-        body: "    a: () => 1,\n    /*COMPLETE*/",
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    return labels.then((result) => {
-        assert.deepEqual([...result], ["b", "c"]);
-    });
-});
-
-test("autocomplete: a fallback makes the remaining keys optional", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const name = "getMatcher_with_fallback";
-
-    // Act
-    const labels = labelsFor({
-        name,
-        factory: "getMatcher",
-        body: "    /*COMPLETE*/",
-        tail: ", () => 0",
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    return labels.then((result) => {
-        assert.deepEqual([...result], ["a?", "b?", "c?"]);
-    });
-});
-
-test("autocomplete: with a fallback, handled keys stay optional", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const name = "getMatcher_with_fallback_after_key";
-
-    // Act
-    const labels = labelsFor({
-        name,
-        factory: "getMatcher",
-        body: "    a: () => 1,\n    /*COMPLETE*/",
-        tail: ", () => 0",
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    return labels.then((result) => {
-        assert.deepEqual([...result], ["b?", "c?"]);
-    });
-});
-
-test("autocomplete: `getMatcherW` offers the same popup as `getMatcher`", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const name = "getMatcherW_fresh";
-
-    // Act
-    const labels = labelsFor({
-        name,
-        factory: "getMatcherW",
-        body: "    /*COMPLETE*/",
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    return labels.then((result) => {
-        assert.deepEqual([...result], ["a", "b", "c"]);
-    });
-});
-
-test("autocomplete: `getMatcherW` also offers optional keys with a fallback", () => {
-    // Arrange
-    const name = "getMatcherW_with_fallback";
-
-    // Act
-    const labels = labelsFor({
-        name,
-        factory: "getMatcherW",
-        body: "    /*COMPLETE*/",
-        tail: ", () => 0",
-    });
-
-    // Assert
-    return labels.then((result) => {
-        assert.deepEqual([...result], ["a?", "b?", "c?"]);
-    });
-});

src/tagged-union.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import type { Exact, UnknownRecord } from "type-fest";
+
+import type {
+    HandlerMap,
+    Matchable,
+    Member,
+    PatternKey,
+    PatternReturns,
+    RedundantFallback,
+    UnaryFn,
+    UniverseGate,
+} from "./matcher-shared.ts";
+
+// A tagged union is discriminated by one property whose values are the tags (a
+// `Matchable`). `string` and `number` tags key a handler map directly;
+// `boolean`, `null` and `undefined` are admitted too but are not property keys,
+// so they go through the `PatternKey` projection. `symbol` has no literal syntax
+// to write a handler under, and `bigint` is not a property key.
+
+// The discriminant values of `T` under `K`. `Extract` keeps the finite literal
+// tags and leaves a widened `string`/`number` as itself; a broad tag is then
+// rejected by the universe gate.
+type Tags<T extends object, K extends keyof T> = Extract<T[K], Matchable>;
+
+// The keys of `T` that can act as a discriminant. `getTaggedUnionMatcher<T>()`
+// accepts only these, so the factory rejects a key whose values are not tags.
+type Discriminated<T extends object> = {
+    [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends Matchable ? K : never;
+}[keyof T];
+
+// The member(s) of `T` tagged `V`. `Extract` distributes over the union, so a
+// duplicated tag maps to a union of members rather than silently dropping one.
+// Keyed by `PatternKey`, so `boolean`/`null`/`undefined` tags can key a mapped
+// type; `Member` inverts the projection against the tag set to recover the
+// member.
+type MapTaggedUnion<T extends object, K extends keyof T> = {
+    [P in PatternKey<Tags<T, K>>]: Extract<T, Record<K, Member<Tags<T, K>, P>>>;
+};
+
+type Handlers<T extends object, K extends keyof T, R> = {
+    [P in PatternKey<Tags<T, K>>]: UnaryFn<MapTaggedUnion<T, K>[P], R>;
+};
+
+// The members `Handled` covers. Mapping over the projected keys keeps every
+// index within `MapTaggedUnion`'s keys, and the conditional drops a stray key
+// outside `T` so it cannot widen the remainder. The remainder is
+// `Exclude<T, …>`, mirroring the primitive-union matcher's
+// `Exclude<T, Member<T, keyof Handled>>`.
+type HandledMembers<T extends object, K extends keyof T, Handled> = {
+    [P in PatternKey<Tags<T, K>>]: P extends keyof Handled
+        ? MapTaggedUnion<T, K>[P]
+        : never;
+}[PatternKey<Tags<T, K>>];
+
+// The fallback is a *second argument*, not a property of the handler map, so
+// its parameter can be the remainder the map left uncovered. See development/library.md.
+type Fallback<T extends object, K extends keyof T, Handled, R> = UnaryFn<
+    Exclude<T, HandledMembers<T, K, Handled>>,
+    R
+>;
+
+// A fallback is redundant once the handler map covers every tag of `T`. Folded
+// into `Handled`'s own (self-referential) constraint so it is checked *after*
+// inference; see the primitive-union matcher for why a conditional in the fallback's
+// parameter is evaluated too early.
+type MustBePartial<T extends object, K extends keyof T, Handled> =
+    PatternKey<Tags<T, K>> extends keyof Handled ? RedundantFallback : unknown;
+
+// TypeScript does not apply the excess-property check to a generic constraint,
+// so `Exact` restores it for the generic forms.
+
+// Strict returns: one common `R`. Overload order is load-bearing:
+//   #1 Handlers (first) -> the exhaustive form and the autocomplete popup
+//   #2 Fallback (last)  -> accepts a partial handler map plus a fallback
+interface TaggedUnionMatcherStrict<T extends object, K extends keyof T> {
+    <R>(handlers: Handlers<T, K, R> & UniverseGate<Tags<T, K>>): UnaryFn<T, R>;
+    <
+        R,
+        Handled extends Exact<Partial<Handlers<T, K, R>>, Handled> &
+            MustBePartial<T, K, Handled>,
+    >(
+        handlers: Handled &
+            Partial<Handlers<T, K, R>> &
+            UniverseGate<Tags<T, K>>,
+        fallback: Fallback<T, K, Handled, R> & UniverseGate<Tags<T, K>>,
+    ): UnaryFn<T, R>;
+}
+
+// Widened returns: the union of every handler's return type. `P` is inferred
+// from the whole handler map, whose closed constraint supplies the
+// contextual/autocomplete type.
+interface TaggedUnionMatcherWidening<T extends object, K extends keyof T> {
+    <P extends Exact<Handlers<T, K, unknown>, P>>(
+        handlers: P & UniverseGate<Tags<T, K>>,
+    ): UnaryFn<T, PatternReturns<P>>;
+    <
+        R,
+        Handled extends Exact<Partial<Handlers<T, K, unknown>>, Handled> &
+            MustBePartial<T, K, Handled>,
+    >(
+        handlers: Handled & UniverseGate<Tags<T, K>>,
+        fallback: Fallback<T, K, Handled, R> & UniverseGate<Tags<T, K>>,
+    ): UnaryFn<T, PatternReturns<Handled> | R>;
+}
+
+// The key-taking step of the curried factory. Naming it lets the factory return
+// `dispatch` directly, the tacit twin of the primitive-union factory's bare
+// `=> dispatch`.
+type TaggedUnionMatcherFactory<T extends object> = <K extends Discriminated<T>>(
+    k: K,
+) => TaggedUnionMatcherStrict<T, K>;
+
+type TaggedUnionMatcherWideningFactory<T extends object> = <
+    K extends Discriminated<T>,
+>(
+    k: K,
+) => TaggedUnionMatcherWidening<T, K>;
+
+const dispatch =
+    (k: PropertyKey) =>
+    (handlers: HandlerMap, fallback?: UnaryFn<never, unknown>) =>
+    (shape: object): unknown => {
+        // `object` carries no index signature, so the read needs the assertion;
+        // the factory admits only keys whose values are tags, and the map keys
+        // them by `PatternKey`, so the result is narrowed to the map's key space.
+        // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unsafe-type-assertion
+        const tag = (shape as UnknownRecord)[k] as string | number;
+        return (
+            handlers[tag] ??
+            fallback ??
+            (() => {
+                throw new Error(`Unhandled tag: ${String(tag)}`);
+            })
+        )(
+            // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unsafe-type-assertion
+            shape as never,
+        );
+    };
+
+export const getTaggedUnionMatcher = <
+    T extends object,
+>(): TaggedUnionMatcherFactory<T> => dispatch;
+
+export const getTaggedUnionMatcherW = <
+    T extends object,
+>(): TaggedUnionMatcherWideningFactory<T> => dispatch;

src/util/__tests__/lsp-completion.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* oxlint-disable typescript/no-floating-promises -- expectTypeOf() is a sync type-assertion library that the type-aware linter misidentifies as a promise */
 import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { test } from "node:test";