Defined the signature of the function that is being created too

src/infer.ts

@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ const create = createFactory<{
   number: number
   bigint: bigint
   string: string
-  // T: T // TODO: how to do generics?
-  // 'Complex<T>': unknown  // TODO: how to do generics?
+  any: any
 }>()
 
-
-// TODO: how to pass config?
-// These are the interfaces:
+// These are our string based interfaces, which we can use both in typed-function and in TypeScript:
 const Multiply = 'multiply(number,number)=>number'
+const Sqrt = 'sqrt(number)=>number'
 const Zero = 'zero(number)=>number'
+// TODO: get generics working
+// TODO: how to pass config?
 
-const createSquare = create([Multiply, Zero],dep => {
-  return (x: number) => dep.multiply(x, x)
-})
+const createSquare = create(Sqrt, [Multiply, Zero],dep =>
+    x => dep.multiply(x, x)
+)
 
 // the code works in JS, and works in TS
 const multiply = (a: number, b: number) => a * b
@@ -43,15 +43,22 @@ function createFactory<BaseTypes extends Record<string, unknown>>() {
         ? [ResolveType<Arg>]
         : never
 
-  type FunctionDefinition<FnType> =
+  type DependencyRecord<FnType> =
     FnType extends Value<infer K>
       ? K extends `${infer Name}(${infer Args})=>${infer ReturnType extends BaseTypeNames}`
         ? Record<Name, (...args: ResolveArguments<Args>) => ResolveType<ReturnType>>
         : never
       : never
 
+  type CreatedFunctionType<FnType> =
+    FnType extends Value<infer K>
+      ? K extends `${infer Name}(${infer Args})=>${infer ReturnType extends BaseTypeNames}`
+        ? (...args: ResolveArguments<Args>) => ResolveType<ReturnType>
+        : never
+      : never
+
   // inspired by: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68391632/infer-type-from-array-literal
-  type DepRecord<
+  type DependenciesRecord<
     Arr extends Array<Value<any>>,
     Result extends Record<string, any> = {}
   > = Arr extends []
@@ -59,16 +66,17 @@ function createFactory<BaseTypes extends Record<string, unknown>>() {
     : Arr extends [infer H, ...infer Tail]
       ? Tail extends Array<Value<any>>
         ? H extends Value<any>
-          ? DepRecord<Tail, Result & FunctionDefinition<H>>
+          ? DependenciesRecord<Tail, Result & DependencyRecord<H>>
           : never
         : never
       : never
 
-  return function create<K extends string, Dependencies extends Value<K>[], W>(
+  return function create<K extends string, Dependencies extends Value<K>[], W extends Value<K>>(
+    signature: W,
     dependencies: [...Dependencies],
-    callback: (deps: DepRecord<[...Dependencies]>) => W
+    callback: (deps: DependenciesRecord<[...Dependencies]>) => CreatedFunctionType<W>
   ) {
-    console.log('Creating typed-function with dependencies:', dependencies)
+    console.log('Creating typed-function with', { signature, dependencies })
     // TODO: create a typed-function for real
     return callback
   }