export type __HANDLE__<Kind extends string> = {
    __kind: Kind;
};
export type HANDLE = __HANDLE__<string>;
export type HINSTANCE = __HANDLE__<'HINSTANCE'>;
export type HMODULE = HINSTANCE;
export type HWND = __HANDLE__<'HWND'>;
export type HBRUSH = __HANDLE__<'HBRUSH'>;
export type HICON = __HANDLE__<'HICON'>;
export type HCURSOR = HICON;
export type HBITMAP = __HANDLE__<'HBITMAP'>;
export type HMENU = __HANDLE__<'HMENU'>;
export type HACCEL = __HANDLE__<'HACCEL'>;
export type HDC = __HANDLE__<'HDC'>;
export type HRGN = __HANDLE__<'HRGN'>;
export type HMONITOR = __HANDLE__<'HMONITOR'>;
export type HDESK = __HANDLE__<'HDESK'>;
export type HKEY = __HANDLE__<'HKEY'>;
export type HTOKEN = __HANDLE__<'HACCESS_TOKEN'>;
export type LSA_HANDLE = __HANDLE__<'HLSA_HANDLE'>;
export type WPARAM = number | bigint | HANDLE;
export type LPARAM = number | bigint | HANDLE;
export type HRESULT = number | HANDLE;
export type LRESULT = number | bigint | HANDLE;
export type ATOM = number;
/**
 * Use this helper to disambiguate the return value of a function
 * that can could be either a HANDLE or an error code, eg.:
 *
 * ````ts
 * const hKey = RegOpenKeyEx( ... )
 * if (isHandle<HKEY>(hKey)) {
 *   // do something with hKey
 * }
 * else {
 *   console.error(FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_.FROM_SYSTEM, null, hKey))
 * }
 * ````
 */
export declare function isHandle<kind extends HANDLE>(value: unknown): value is kind;
/**
 * Use this helper to disambiguate the return value of a function
 * that can could be either a structure or an error code, eg.:
 *
 * ````ts
 * const value = RegEnumValue(hKey, index)
 * if (isErrorStatus(value)) {
 *   console.error(FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_.FROM_SYSTEM, null, hKey))
 * }
 * else {
 *   // do something with `value`
 * }
 * ````
 */
export declare function isErrorStatus(value: unknown): value is number;