Use data type map instead of overloads

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/convert/docs/types/index.d.ts

@@ -20,175 +20,7 @@
 
 /// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>
 
-import { AnyArray, Collection, Complex128Array, Complex64Array, DataType } from '@stdlib/types/array';
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Float64Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'float64' );
-* // returns <Float64Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'float64' ): Float64Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Float32Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'float32' );
-* // returns <Float32Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'float32' ): Float32Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to an `Int32Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'int32' );
-* // returns <Int32Array>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'int32' ): Int32Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to an `Int16Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'int16' );
-* // returns <Int16Array>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'int16' ): Int16Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to an `Int8Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'int8' );
-* // returns <Int8Array>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'int8' ): Int8Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Uint32Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'uint32' );
-* // returns <Uint32Array>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'uint32' ): Uint32Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Uint16Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'uint16' );
-* // returns <Uint16Array>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'uint16' ): Uint16Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Uint8Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'uint8' );
-* // returns <Uint8Array>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'uint8' ): Uint8Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Uint8ClampedArray`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'uint8c' );
-* // returns <Uint8ClampedArray>[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'uint8c' ): Uint8ClampedArray;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Complex128Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'complex128' );
-* // returns <Complex128>
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'complex128' ): Complex128Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to a `Complex64Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'complex64' );
-* // returns <Complex64>
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'complex64' ): Complex64Array;
-
-/**
-* Converts an array to an `Array`.
-*
-* @param x - array to convert
-* @param dtype - output data type
-* @returns output array
-*
-* @example
-* var arr = [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ];
-* var out = convert( arr, 'generic' );
-* // returns [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ]
-*/
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'generic' ): Array<any>;
+import { Collection, ArrayDataTypeMap } from '@stdlib/types/array';
 
 /**
 * Converts an array to an array of a different data type.
@@ -202,7 +34,7 @@ declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: 'generic' ): Array<any>;
 * var out = convert( arr, 'float64' );
 * // returns <Float64Array>[ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ]
 */
-declare function convert( x: Collection, dtype: DataType ): AnyArray;
+declare function convert<T, U extends keyof ArrayDataTypeMap<T>>( x: Collection<T>, dtype: U ): ArrayDataTypeMap<T>[U];
 
 
 // EXPORTS //

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/convert/docs/types/test.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import convert = require( './index' );
 	convert( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ], 'uint8c' ); // $ExpectType Uint8ClampedArray
 	convert( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ], 'complex128' ); // $ExpectType Complex128Array
 	convert( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ], 'complex64' ); // $ExpectType Complex64Array
+	convert( [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 ], 'generic' ); // $ExpectType number[]
+	convert( [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' ], 'generic' ); // $ExpectType string[]
 }
 
 // The compiler throws an error if the function is provided a first argument which is not array-like...