Function objectify

packages/core/src/utils/object.ts:258–285

(wat: unknown)

 * @returns A version of `wat` which can safely be used with `Object` class methods
 */
export function objectify(wat: unknown): typeof Object {
  let objectified;
  switch (true) {
    // this will catch both undefined and null
    case wat == undefined:
      objectified = new String(wat);
      break;

    // Though symbols and bigints do have wrapper classes (`Symbol` and `BigInt`, respectively), for whatever reason
    // those classes don't have constructors which can be used with the `new` keyword. We therefore need to cast each as
    // an object in order to wrap it.
    case typeof wat === 'symbol' || typeof wat === 'bigint':
      objectified = Object(wat);
      break;

    // this will catch the remaining primitives: `String`, `Number`, and `Boolean`
    case isPrimitive(wat):
      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
      objectified = new (wat as any).constructor(wat);
      break;

    // by process of elimination, at this point we know that `wat` must already be an object
    default:
      objectified = wat;
      break;
  }
  return objectified;
}