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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>

import { Iterator as Iter, IterableIterator } from '@stdlib/types/iter';

// Define a union type representing both iterable and non-iterable iterators:
type Iterator = Iter | IterableIterator;

/**
* Returns an iterator which removes consecutive duplicated values.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   `NaN` values are considered distinct.
* -   Uniqueness is determined according to strict equality. Accordingly, objects are **not** checked for deep equality.
* -   If an environment supports `Symbol.iterator` and a provided iterator is iterable, the returned iterator is iterable.
*
* @param iterator - input iterator
* @param limit - number of allowed consecutive duplicates (default: 1)
* @throws second argument must be a positive integer
* @returns iterator
*
* @example
* var array2iterator = require( '@stdlib/array/to-iterator' );
*
* var arr = array2iterator( [ 1, 1, 2, 3, 3 ] );
* var iter = iterDedupe( arr );
*
* var v = iter.next().value;
* // returns 1
*
* v = iter.next().value;
* // returns 2
*
* v = iter.next().value;
* // returns 3
*
* // ...
*/
declare function iterDedupe( iterator: Iterator, limit?: number ): Iterator;


// EXPORTS //

export = iterDedupe;