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tmu 55bf6c24a7 🐛 Narrow union-valued and optional discriminants
The tagged-union matcher selected handler parameters with
`Extract<T, Record<K, V>>`, which only keeps a member whose
discriminant is a singleton literal. A property that is itself a
union (`{ color: "red" | "green" | "blue" }`) or optional
(`{ type?: "x" }`) matched no member, so every handler received
`never`, and the fallback saw the whole shape instead of the
unhandled tags.

Replace the selector with `Narrowed`, which distributes over `T`,
drops a member whose `K` cannot take the tag, and narrows `K`. The
`T[K] extends V` fast path keeps an exact member (a discriminated
union's declared interface) untouched. The fallback reuses
`Narrowed` over `Exclude<Tags, HandledTags>`, so a union-valued
property narrows to the unhandled tags rather than the whole shape.

Matching a defined tag on an optional property makes the key
required (`{ type: "x" }`); the `undefined` tag yields
`{ type?: never }` under `exactOptionalPropertyTypes` (absence) or
`{ type?: undefined }` when the property admits an explicit
`undefined`.
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import type { Exact, SetRequired, 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` narrowed to the tag(s) `V`. Distributes over `T`, so a
// duplicated tag maps to a union of members rather than silently dropping one.
// A member whose `K` cannot take `V` drops out; the rest have `K` narrowed to
// `Extract<T[K], V>`. `T[K] extends V` keeps an exact member (a discriminated
// union's declared interface) untouched, so only a property that is itself a
// union — or optional — goes through the mapped form. `SetRequired` makes `K`
// required unless `V` admits `undefined`: a defined tag yields `{ type: "x" }`,
// while the `undefined` tag keeps `{ type?: never }` (absence) or
// `{ type?: undefined }` when the property admits an explicit `undefined`.
// Keyed by `PatternKey`, so `boolean`/`null`/`undefined` tags can key a mapped
// type; `Member` inverts the projection against the tag set to recover the tag.
type Narrowed<T extends object, K extends keyof T, V> = T extends object
? [Extract<T[K], V>] extends [never]
? never
: T[K] extends V
? T
: undefined extends V
? { [P in keyof T]: P extends K ? Extract<T[P], V> : T[P] }
: SetRequired<
{ [P in keyof T]: P extends K ? Extract<T[P], V> : T[P] },
K
>
: never;
type MapTaggedUnion<T extends object, K extends keyof T> = {
[P in PatternKey<Tags<T, K>>]: Narrowed<T, 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 tag values whose `PatternKey` is handled.
type HandledTags<T extends object, K extends keyof T, Handled> = Member<
Tags<T, K>,
keyof Handled
>;
// The fallback is a *second argument*, not a property of the handler map, so
// its parameter can be the remainder the map left uncovered: the members
// narrowed to the tags the map did not handle. See development/library.md.
type Fallback<T extends object, K extends keyof T, Handled, R> = UnaryFn<
Narrowed<T, K, Exclude<Tags<T, K>, HandledTags<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;