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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

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

import { TypedIterator, TypedIterableIterator } from '@stdlib/types/iter';
import { ArrayLike } from '@stdlib/types/array';
import { typedndarray } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';

// Define a union type representing both iterable and non-iterable iterators:
type Iterator<T> = TypedIterator<T> | TypedIterableIterator<T>;

/**
* Interface defining function options.
*/
interface Options {
	/**
	* Boolean indicating whether returned views should be read-only (default: true).
	*
	* ## Notes
	*
	* -   If the input array is read-only, setting this option to `false` raises an exception.
	*/
	readonly?: boolean;
}

/**
* Returns an iterator which iterates over each subarray in a stack of subarrays according to a list of specified stack dimensions.
*
* @param x - input value
* @param dims - indices of dimensions to stack
* @param options - function options
* @param options.readonly - boolean indicating whether returned views should be read-only
* @returns iterator
*
* @example
* var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/array' );
*
* var x = array( [ [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ], [ [ 5, 6 ], [ 7, 8 ] ] ] );
* // returns <ndarray>
*
* var iter = nditerStacks( x, [ 1, 2 ] );
*
* var v = iter.next().value;
* // returns <ndarray>[ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ]
*
* v = iter.next().value;
* // returns <ndarray>[ [ 5, 6 ], [ 7, 8 ] ]
*
* // ...
*/
declare function nditerStacks<T = unknown>( x: typedndarray<T>, dims: ArrayLike<number>, options?: Options ): Iterator<typedndarray<T>>;


// EXPORTS //

export = nditerStacks;