ReadonlyArray.groupBy: allow for grouping by symbols, closes #2180 (#…

…2181)

.changeset/light-mangos-punch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"effect": patch
+---
+
+ReadonlyArray.groupBy: allow for grouping by symbols, closes #2180

packages/effect/dtslint/ReadonlyArray.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ declare const pimitiveNumber: number
 declare const pimitiveNumerOrString: string | number
 declare const predicateNumbersOrStrings: Predicate.Predicate<number | string>
 
+const symA = Symbol.for("a")
+const symB = Symbol.for("b")
+const symC = Symbol.for("c")
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // isEmptyReadonlyArray
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -99,14 +103,18 @@ pipe(nonEmptyNumbers, ReadonlyArray.map((n) => n + 1))
 // groupBy
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// baseline
 // $ExpectType Record<string, [number, ...number[]]>
 ReadonlyArray.groupBy([1, 2, 3], String)
 
-// should not return a struct (Record<'positive' | 'negative', ...>) when using string type literals
 // $ExpectType Record<string, [number, ...number[]]>
 ReadonlyArray.groupBy([1, 2, 3], (n) => n > 0 ? "positive" as const : "negative" as const)
 
+// $ExpectType Record<symbol, [string, ...string[]]>
+ReadonlyArray.groupBy(["a", "b"], Symbol.for)
+
+// $ExpectType Record<symbol, [string, ...string[]]>
+ReadonlyArray.groupBy(["a", "b"], (s) => s === "a" ? symA : s === "b" ? symB : symC)
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // some
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

packages/effect/src/ReadonlyArray.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import * as O from "./Option.js"
 import * as Order from "./Order.js"
 import type { Predicate, Refinement } from "./Predicate.js"
 import { isBoolean } from "./Predicate.js"
-import * as RR from "./ReadonlyRecord.js"
+import * as ReadonlyRecord from "./ReadonlyRecord.js"
 import * as Tuple from "./Tuple.js"
 import type { NoInfer } from "./Types.js"
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export const fromIterable = <A>(collection: Iterable<A>): Array<A> =>
  * @category conversions
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
-export const fromRecord: <K extends string, A>(self: Readonly<Record<K, A>>) => Array<[K, A]> = RR.toEntries
+export const fromRecord: <K extends string, A>(self: Readonly<Record<K, A>>) => Array<[K, A]> = ReadonlyRecord.toEntries
 
 /**
  * @category conversions
@@ -1334,10 +1334,18 @@ export const group: <A>(self: NonEmptyReadonlyArray<A>) => NonEmptyArray<NonEmpt
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
 export const groupBy: {
-  <A>(f: (a: A) => string): (self: Iterable<A>) => Record<string, NonEmptyArray<A>>
-  <A>(self: Iterable<A>, f: (a: A) => string): Record<string, NonEmptyArray<A>>
-} = dual(2, <A>(self: Iterable<A>, f: (a: A) => string): Record<string, NonEmptyArray<A>> => {
-  const out: Record<string, NonEmptyArray<A>> = {}
+  <A, K extends string | symbol>(
+    f: (a: A) => K
+  ): (self: Iterable<A>) => Record<ReadonlyRecord.ReadonlyRecord.NonLiteralKey<K>, NonEmptyArray<A>>
+  <A, K extends string | symbol>(
+    self: Iterable<A>,
+    f: (a: A) => K
+  ): Record<ReadonlyRecord.ReadonlyRecord.NonLiteralKey<K>, NonEmptyArray<A>>
+} = dual(2, <A, K extends string | symbol>(
+  self: Iterable<A>,
+  f: (a: A) => K
+): Record<ReadonlyRecord.ReadonlyRecord.NonLiteralKey<K>, NonEmptyArray<A>> => {
+  const out: Record<string | symbol, NonEmptyArray<A>> = {}
   for (const a of self) {
     const k = f(a)
     if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(out, k)) {

packages/effect/test/ReadonlyArray.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import * as String from "effect/String"
 import * as fc from "fast-check"
 import { assert, describe, expect, it } from "vitest"
 
+const symA = Symbol.for("a")
+const symB = Symbol.for("b")
+const symC = Symbol.for("c")
+
 describe("ReadonlyArray", () => {
   it("exports", () => {
     expect(RA.fromRecord).exist
@@ -971,6 +975,15 @@ describe("ReadonlyArray", () => {
         "6": ["foobar"]
       }
     )
+    expect(RA.groupBy(["a", "b"], (s) => s === "a" ? symA : s === "b" ? symB : symC)).toStrictEqual({
+      [symA]: ["a"],
+      [symB]: ["b"]
+    })
+    expect(RA.groupBy(["a", "b", "c", "d"], (s) => s === "a" ? symA : s === "b" ? symB : symC)).toStrictEqual({
+      [symA]: ["a"],
+      [symB]: ["b"],
+      [symC]: ["c", "d"]
+    })
   })
 
   it("match", () => {