/**
 * Takes a function `action` and returns a new function, that behaves
 * like action but when called a second time does nothing.
 */
export declare const idempotent: <T>(action: (x: any) => T) => (...args: any[]) => T;
/**
 * Throws an error if the `condition` in the first argument is `false`.
 * This function is useful to make assumptions explicit. For example,
 * let's say we have a variable
 *
 *     const value : string | undefined = ...
 *
 * but from the context we know that it can actually never be `undefined`.
 * We can access attributes of `value` with
 *
 *     value?.length
 *
 * but if the assumption is actually broken, we can a silent error.
 * In contrast, with
 *
 *     assert(value !== undefined, 'reason why we assume value always defined')
 *     value.length // no type error
 *
 * We make the assumption explicit and force a laud error. Also the type
 * check can narrow the type of `value` to `string` after the `assert` and we
 * can access properties without type error.
 */
export declare function assert(condition: boolean, failureMessage?: string): asserts condition;
export declare function assertNever(_witness: never): never;