Dev (#3)

* branchAndMerge does not return the input iterator anymore.
Whoever needs the original should pass the (newly added) identity()
operator as the first argument.
+ some style cleanup

dist/cjs/interface/itr8ToMultiIterable.d.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
  * In order to support the fact that not all output iterators will be pulled at the same time,
  * we need to keep a cache + the position that each iterator is at.
  *
- * TODO: In order to protect ourselves from 'abandoned' iterators, a timeout could be used
+ * @todo In order to protect ourselves from 'abandoned' iterators, a timeout could be used
  * to clean them up, so the cache can be emptied up to the oldest 'active' iterator.
  *
  * @category interface/standard
  */
-declare function itr8ToMultiIterable<T>(it: Iterator<T> | AsyncIterator<T>): AsyncIterable<T>;
+declare function itr8ToMultiIterable<T>(it: Iterator<T> | AsyncIterator<T>): AsyncIterable<T> | Iterable<T>;
 export { itr8ToMultiIterable };

dist/cjs/operators/general/index.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+export * from "./branchAndMerge.js";
 export * from "./dedup.js";
 export * from "./filter.js";
 export * from "./flatten.js";
 export * from "./groupPer.js";
+export * from "./identity.js";
 export * from "./intersperse.js";
 export * from "./map.js";
 export * from "./peek.js";

dist/interface/itr8ToMultiIterable.d.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
  * In order to support the fact that not all output iterators will be pulled at the same time,
  * we need to keep a cache + the position that each iterator is at.
  *
- * TODO: In order to protect ourselves from 'abandoned' iterators, a timeout could be used
+ * @todo In order to protect ourselves from 'abandoned' iterators, a timeout could be used
  * to clean them up, so the cache can be emptied up to the oldest 'active' iterator.
  *
  * @category interface/standard
  */
-declare function itr8ToMultiIterable<T>(it: Iterator<T> | AsyncIterator<T>): AsyncIterable<T>;
+declare function itr8ToMultiIterable<T>(it: Iterator<T> | AsyncIterator<T>): AsyncIterable<T> | Iterable<T>;
 export { itr8ToMultiIterable };