Add UnknownArray type (#740)

index.d.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type {KeysOfUnion} from './source/keys-of-union';
 export type {EmptyObject, IsEmptyObject} from './source/empty-object';
 export type {NonEmptyObject} from './source/non-empty-object';
 export type {UnknownRecord} from './source/unknown-record';
+export type {UnknownArray} from './source/unknown-array';
 export type {Except} from './source/except';
 export type {TaggedUnion} from './source/tagged-union';
 export type {Writable} from './source/writable';

readme.md

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Click the type names for complete docs.
 - [`IsEmptyObject`](source/empty-object.d.ts) - Returns a `boolean` for whether the type is strictly equal to an empty plain object, the `{}` value.
 - [`NonEmptyObject`](source/non-empty-object.d.ts) - Represents an object with at least 1 non-optional key.
 - [`UnknownRecord`](source/unknown-record.d.ts) - Represents an object with `unknown` value. You probably want this instead of `{}`.
+- [`UnknownArray`](source/unknown-array.d.ts) - Represents an array with `unknown` value.
 - [`Except`](source/except.d.ts) - Create a type from an object type without certain keys. This is a stricter version of [`Omit`](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/utility-types.html#omittype-keys).
 - [`Writable`](source/writable.d.ts) - Create a type that strips `readonly` from the given type. Inverse of `Readonly<T>`.
 - [`WritableDeep`](source/writable-deep.d.ts) - Create a deeply mutable version of an `object`/`ReadonlyMap`/`ReadonlySet`/`ReadonlyArray` type. The inverse of `ReadonlyDeep<T>`. Use `Writable<T>` if you only need one level deep.

source/unknown-array.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+Represents an array with `unknown` value.
+
+Use case: You want a type that all arrays can be assigned to, but you don't care about the value.
+
+@example
+```
+import type {UnknownArray} from 'type-fest';
+
+type IsArray<T> = T extends UnknownArray ? true : false;
+
+type A = IsArray<['foo']>;
+//=> true
+
+type B = IsArray<readonly number[]>;
+//=> true
+
+type C = IsArray<string>;
+//=> false
+```
+
+@category Type
+@category Array
+*/
+export type UnknownArray = readonly unknown[];

test-d/unknown-array.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {expectAssignable, expectError, expectNotAssignable, expectType} from 'tsd';
+import type {UnknownArray} from '../index';
+
+declare const foo: readonly [];
+declare const bar: {
+	readonly array: unknown[];
+};
+
+expectAssignable<UnknownArray>(foo);
+expectAssignable<UnknownArray>(bar.array);
+expectAssignable<UnknownArray>([]);
+expectAssignable<UnknownArray>(['foo']);
+
+expectNotAssignable<UnknownArray>(null);
+expectNotAssignable(undefined);
+expectNotAssignable({});
+expectNotAssignable({0: 1});
+expectNotAssignable(1);
+expectNotAssignable(Date);
+
+type IsArray<T> = T extends UnknownArray ? true : false;
+
+declare const string: IsArray<string>;
+expectType<false>(string);
+declare const array: IsArray<[]>;
+expectType<true>(array);
+declare const tuple: IsArray<['foo']>;
+expectType<true>(tuple);
+declare const readonlyArray: IsArray<readonly number[]>;
+expectType<true>(readonlyArray);
+declare const leadingSpread: IsArray<readonly [number, ...string[]]>;
+expectType<true>(leadingSpread);
+declare const trailingSpread: IsArray<readonly [...string[], number]>;
+expectType<true>(trailingSpread);