/**
 * Returns the argument provided.
 */
export declare function identity<T>(value: T): T;
export declare function identity<T, _>(value: T): T;
/**
 * Creates a null-prototype object using the runtime-optimal path:
 *  - React Native: direct literal `{ __proto__: null }`
 *  - Web/Node: `Object.create` with a shared, frozen null prototype
 */
export declare function nullObject<T extends Record<string, unknown> | object = Record<string, unknown>>(): T;
/**
 * Builds null-prototype objects. Provided arguments are
 * shallow-merged into a newly created null-prototype object:
 *
 * ```ts
 * Object.assign(nullObject(), a, b?)
 * ```
 */
export declare function buildNullObject<A extends Record<string, unknown>>(a: A): A;
export declare function buildNullObject<A extends object, B>(a: object, b?: object): [undefined] extends B ? A : A & B;
/**
 * Does nothing.
 */
export declare function noop(): void;
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