@gtkx/ffi 0.9.0 → 0.9.1

package/dist/generated/glib/functions.d.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export declare const alignedAlloc0: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number, align
  * Frees the memory allocated by g_aligned_alloc().
  * @param mem - the memory to deallocate
  */
-export declare const alignedFree: (mem?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const alignedFree: (mem?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Frees the memory pointed to by @mem, assuming it is has the given `size` and
  * @alignment.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export declare const alignedFree: (mem?: number | null) => void;
  * @param alignment - alignment of @mem
  * @param size - size of @mem, in bytes
  */
-export declare const alignedFreeSized: (alignment: number, size: number, mem?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const alignedFreeSized: (alignment: number, size: number, mem?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Determines the numeric value of a character as a decimal digit. If the
  * character is not a decimal digit according to [func@GLib.ascii_isdigit],
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export declare const asciiStrdown: (str: string, len: number) => string;
  * @param max - an upper bound (inclusive)
  * @param outNum - a return location for a number
  */
-export declare const asciiStringToSigned: (str: string, base: number, min: number, max: number, outNum?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const asciiStringToSigned: (str: string, base: number, min: number, max: number, outNum?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 /**
  * A convenience function for converting a string to an unsigned number.
  *
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export declare const asciiStringToSigned: (str: string, base: number, min: numbe
  * @param max - an upper bound (inclusive)
  * @param outNum - a return location for a number
  */
-export declare const asciiStringToUnsigned: (str: string, base: number, min: number, max: number, outNum?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const asciiStringToUnsigned: (str: string, base: number, min: number, max: number, outNum?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Compare `s1` and @s2, ignoring the case of ASCII characters and any
  * characters after the first `n` in each string. If either string is
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export declare const asciiStrncasecmp: (s1: string, s2: string, n: number) => nu
  * @param nptr - the string to convert to a numeric value
  * @param endptr - if non-`NULL`, it returns the
  */
-export declare const asciiStrtod: (nptr: string, endptr?: Ref<string> | null) => number;
+export declare const asciiStrtod: (nptr: string, endptr?: Ref<string>) => number;
 /**
  * Converts a string to a `gint64` value.
  *
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export declare const asciiStrtod: (nptr: string, endptr?: Ref<string> | null) =>
  * @param endptr - if non-`NULL`, it returns the
  * @param base - to be used for the conversion, 2..36 or 0
  */
-export declare const asciiStrtoll: (nptr: string, base: number, endptr?: Ref<string> | null) => number;
+export declare const asciiStrtoll: (nptr: string, base: number, endptr?: Ref<string>) => number;
 /**
  * Converts a string to a `guint64` value.
  *
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export declare const asciiStrtoll: (nptr: string, base: number, endptr?: Ref<str
  * @param endptr - if non-`NULL`, it returns the
  * @param base - to be used for the conversion, 2..36 or 0
  */
-export declare const asciiStrtoull: (nptr: string, base: number, endptr?: Ref<string> | null) => number;
+export declare const asciiStrtoull: (nptr: string, base: number, endptr?: Ref<string>) => number;
 /**
  * Converts all lower case ASCII letters to upper case ASCII letters, with
  * semantics that exactly match [func@GLib.ascii_toupper].
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export declare const asyncQueueNew: () => number;
  * the queue is destroyed after the final unref.
  * @param itemFreeFunc - function to free queue elements
  */
-export declare const asyncQueueNewFull: (itemFreeFunc?: () => void | null) => number;
+export declare const asyncQueueNewFull: (itemFreeFunc?: () => void) => number;
 /**
  * Atomically adds `val` to the value of @atomic.
  *
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export declare const asyncQueueNewFull: (itemFreeFunc?: () => void | null) => nu
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  * @param val - the value to add
  */
-export declare const atomicIntAdd: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntAdd: (val: number, atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Performs an atomic bitwise 'and' of the value of `atomic` and @val,
  * storing the result back in @atomic.
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntAdd: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => numb
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  * @param val - the value to 'and'
  */
-export declare const atomicIntAnd: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntAnd: (val: number, atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Compares `atomic` to `oldval` and, if equal, sets it to @newval.
  * If `atomic` was not equal to `oldval` then no change occurs.
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntAnd: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => numb
  * @param oldval - the value to compare with
  * @param newval - the value to conditionally replace with
  */
-export declare const atomicIntCompareAndExchange: (oldval: number, newval: number, atomic?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const atomicIntCompareAndExchange: (oldval: number, newval: number, atomic?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Compares `atomic` to `oldval` and, if equal, sets it to @newval.
  * If `atomic` was not equal to `oldval` then no change occurs.
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntCompareAndExchange: (oldval: number, newval: numbe
  * @param newval - the value to conditionally replace with
  * @param preval - the contents of `atomic` before this operation
  */
-export declare const atomicIntCompareAndExchangeFull: (oldval: number, newval: number, preval: Ref<number>, atomic?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const atomicIntCompareAndExchangeFull: (oldval: number, newval: number, preval: Ref<number>, atomic?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Decrements the value of `atomic` by 1.
  *
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntCompareAndExchangeFull: (oldval: number, newval: n
  * the pointer passed to it should not be `volatile`.
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  */
-export declare const atomicIntDecAndTest: (atomic?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const atomicIntDecAndTest: (atomic?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Sets the `atomic` to `newval` and returns the old value from @atomic.
  *
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntDecAndTest: (atomic?: number | null) => boolean;
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  * @param newval - the value to replace with
  */
-export declare const atomicIntExchange: (newval: number, atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntExchange: (newval: number, atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * This function existed before g_atomic_int_add() returned the prior
  * value of the integer (which it now does).  It is retained only for
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntExchange: (newval: number, atomic?: number | null)
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint
  * @param val - the value to add
  */
-export declare const atomicIntExchangeAndAdd: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntExchangeAndAdd: (val: number, atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Gets the current value of @atomic.
  *
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntExchangeAndAdd: (val: number, atomic?: number | nu
  * the pointer passed to it should not be `volatile`.
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  */
-export declare const atomicIntGet: (atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntGet: (atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Increments the value of `atomic` by 1.
  *
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntGet: (atomic?: number | null) => number;
  * the pointer passed to it should not be `volatile`.
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  */
-export declare const atomicIntInc: (atomic?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const atomicIntInc: (atomic?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Performs an atomic bitwise 'or' of the value of `atomic` and @val,
  * storing the result back in @atomic.
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntInc: (atomic?: number | null) => void;
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  * @param val - the value to 'or'
  */
-export declare const atomicIntOr: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntOr: (val: number, atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Sets the value of `atomic` to @newval.
  *
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntOr: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => numbe
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  * @param newval - a new value to store
  */
-export declare const atomicIntSet: (newval: number, atomic?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const atomicIntSet: (newval: number, atomic?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Performs an atomic bitwise 'xor' of the value of `atomic` and @val,
  * storing the result back in @atomic.
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ export declare const atomicIntSet: (newval: number, atomic?: number | null) => v
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gint or #guint
  * @param val - the value to 'xor'
  */
-export declare const atomicIntXor: (val: number, atomic?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const atomicIntXor: (val: number, atomic?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Atomically adds `val` to the value of @atomic.
  *
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ export declare const atomicPointerAnd: (atomic: number, val: number) => number;
  * @param oldval - the value to compare with
  * @param newval - the value to conditionally replace with
  */
-export declare const atomicPointerCompareAndExchange: (atomic: number, oldval?: number | null, newval?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const atomicPointerCompareAndExchange: (atomic: number, oldval?: number, newval?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Compares `atomic` to `oldval` and, if equal, sets it to @newval.
  * If `atomic` was not equal to `oldval` then no change occurs.
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ export declare const atomicPointerCompareAndExchange: (atomic: number, oldval?:
  * @param newval - the value to conditionally replace with
  * @param preval - the contents of `atomic` before this operation
  */
-export declare const atomicPointerCompareAndExchangeFull: (atomic: number, preval: Ref<number>, oldval?: number | null, newval?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const atomicPointerCompareAndExchangeFull: (atomic: number, preval: Ref<number>, oldval?: number, newval?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Sets the `atomic` to `newval` and returns the old value from @atomic.
  *
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ export declare const atomicPointerCompareAndExchangeFull: (atomic: number, preva
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gpointer-sized value
  * @param newval - the value to replace with
  */
-export declare const atomicPointerExchange: (atomic?: number | null, newval?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const atomicPointerExchange: (atomic?: number, newval?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * Gets the current value of @atomic.
  *
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ export declare const atomicPointerOr: (atomic: number, val: number) => number;
  * @param atomic - a pointer to a #gpointer-sized value
  * @param newval - a new value to store
  */
-export declare const atomicPointerSet: (atomic: number, newval?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const atomicPointerSet: (atomic: number, newval?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Performs an atomic bitwise 'xor' of the value of `atomic` and @val,
  * storing the result back in @atomic.
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ export declare const base64DecodeInplace: (text: Ref<number[]>, outLen: Ref<numb
  * @param data - the binary data to encode
  * @param len - the length of @data
  */
-export declare const base64Encode: (len: number, data?: number[] | null) => string;
+export declare const base64Encode: (len: number, data?: number[]) => string;
 /**
  * Flush the status from a sequence of calls to g_base64_encode_step().
  *
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ export declare const basename: (fileName: string) => string;
  * @param address - a pointer to an integer
  * @param lockBit - a bit value between 0 and 31
  */
-export declare const bitLock: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const bitLock: (lockBit: number, address?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Sets the indicated `lock_bit` in `address` and atomically returns the new value.
  *
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ export declare const bitLock: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null) => void
  * @param lockBit - a bit value between 0 and 31
  * @param outVal - return location for the new value of the integer
  */
-export declare const bitLockAndGet: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null, outVal?: Ref<number> | null) => void;
+export declare const bitLockAndGet: (lockBit: number, address?: number, outVal?: Ref<number>) => void;
 /**
  * Find the position of the first bit set in @mask, searching
  * from (but not including) `nth_bit` upwards. Bits are numbered
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ export declare const bitStorage: (number: number) => number;
  * @param address - a pointer to an integer
  * @param lockBit - a bit value between 0 and 31
  */
-export declare const bitTrylock: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const bitTrylock: (lockBit: number, address?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Clears the indicated `lock_bit` in @address.  If another thread is
  * currently blocked in g_bit_lock() on this same bit then it will be
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ export declare const bitTrylock: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null) => b
  * @param address - a pointer to an integer
  * @param lockBit - a bit value between 0 and 31
  */
-export declare const bitUnlock: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const bitUnlock: (lockBit: number, address?: number) => void;
 /**
  * This is like [func@GLib.bit_unlock] but also atomically sets `address` to
  * @val.
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ export declare const bitUnlock: (lockBit: number, address?: number | null) => vo
  * @param newVal - the new value to set
  * @param preserveMask - mask for bits from `address` to preserve
  */
-export declare const bitUnlockAndSet: (lockBit: number, newVal: number, preserveMask: number, address?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const bitUnlockAndSet: (lockBit: number, newVal: number, preserveMask: number, address?: number) => void;
 export declare const blowChunks: () => void;
 export declare const bookmarkFileErrorQuark: () => number;
 /**
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ export declare const byteArraySizedNew: (reservedSize: number) => ByteArray;
  * @param array - a byte array
  * @param len - the pointer to retrieve the number of
  */
-export declare const byteArraySteal: (array: ByteArray, len?: Ref<number> | null) => number[];
+export declare const byteArraySteal: (array: ByteArray, len?: Ref<number>) => number[];
 /**
  * Atomically decrements the reference count of `array` by one. If the
  * reference count drops to 0, all memory allocated by the array is
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ export declare const byteArrayUnref: (array: ByteArray) => void;
  * @param filename - the name of the file
  * @param relativeTo - the relative directory, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const canonicalizeFilename: (filename: string, relativeTo?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const canonicalizeFilename: (filename: string, relativeTo?: string) => string;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX chdir() function. The function changes the
  * current directory of the process to @path.
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ export declare const computeHmacForString: (digestType: ChecksumType, key: numbe
  * @param bytesRead - location to store the number of bytes in
  * @param bytesWritten - the number of bytes stored in
  */
-export declare const convert: (str: number[], len: number, toCodeset: string, fromCodeset: string, bytesRead?: Ref<number> | null, bytesWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number[];
+export declare const convert: (str: number[], len: number, toCodeset: string, fromCodeset: string, bytesRead?: Ref<number>, bytesWritten?: Ref<number>) => number[];
 export declare const convertErrorQuark: () => number;
 /**
  * Converts a string from one character set to another, possibly
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ export declare const convertErrorQuark: () => number;
  * @param bytesRead - location to store the number of bytes in
  * @param bytesWritten - the number of bytes stored in
  */
-export declare const convertWithFallback: (str: number[], len: number, toCodeset: string, fromCodeset: string, fallback: string, bytesRead?: Ref<number> | null, bytesWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number[];
+export declare const convertWithFallback: (str: number[], len: number, toCodeset: string, fromCodeset: string, fallback: string, bytesRead?: Ref<number>, bytesWritten?: Ref<number>) => number[];
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX creat() function. The creat() function is
  * used to convert a pathname into a file descriptor, creating a file
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ export declare const dateValidYear: (year: number) => boolean;
  * @param msgid - message to translate
  * @param category - a locale category
  */
-export declare const dcgettext: (msgid: string, category: number, domain?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const dcgettext: (msgid: string, category: number, domain?: string) => string;
 /**
  * This function is a wrapper of dgettext() which does not translate
  * the message if the default domain as set with textdomain() has no
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ export declare const dcgettext: (msgid: string, category: number, domain?: strin
  * @param domain - the translation domain to use, or %NULL to use
  * @param msgid - message to translate
  */
-export declare const dgettext: (msgid: string, domain?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const dgettext: (msgid: string, domain?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Creates a subdirectory in the preferred directory for temporary
  * files (as returned by g_get_tmp_dir()).
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ export declare const dgettext: (msgid: string, domain?: string | null) => string
  * modified, and might thus be a read-only literal string.
  * @param tmpl - Template for directory name,
  */
-export declare const dirMakeTmp: (tmpl?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const dirMakeTmp: (tmpl?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Compares two #gpointer arguments and returns %TRUE if they are equal.
  * It can be passed to g_hash_table_new() as the `key_equal_func` parameter, when using opaque pointers compared by pointer value as
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ export declare const dirMakeTmp: (tmpl?: string | null) => string;
  * @param v1 - a key
  * @param v2 - a key to compare with @v1
  */
-export declare const directEqual: (v1?: number | null, v2?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const directEqual: (v1?: number, v2?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Converts a gpointer to a hash value.
  * It can be passed to g_hash_table_new() as the `hash_func` parameter,
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ export declare const directEqual: (v1?: number | null, v2?: number | null) => bo
  * stored in pointers, such as `GINT_TO_POINTER (n)`.
  * @param v - a #gpointer key
  */
-export declare const directHash: (v?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const directHash: (v?: number) => number;
 /**
  * This function is a wrapper of dngettext() which does not translate
  * the message if the default domain as set with textdomain() has no
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ export declare const directHash: (v?: number | null) => number;
  * @param msgidPlural - plural form of the message
  * @param n - the quantity for which translation is needed
  */
-export declare const dngettext: (msgid: string, msgidPlural: string, n: number, domain?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const dngettext: (msgid: string, msgidPlural: string, n: number, domain?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Compares the two #gdouble values being pointed to and returns
  * %TRUE if they are equal.
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ export declare const doubleHash: (v: number) => number;
  * @param msgctxtid - a combined message context and message id, separated
  * @param msgidoffset - the offset of the message id in @msgctxid
  */
-export declare const dpgettext: (msgctxtid: string, msgidoffset: number, domain?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const dpgettext: (msgctxtid: string, msgidoffset: number, domain?: string) => string;
 /**
  * This function is a variant of g_dgettext() which supports
  * a disambiguating message context. GNU gettext uses the
@@ -1698,14 +1698,14 @@ export declare const dpgettext: (msgctxtid: string, msgidoffset: number, domain?
  * @param context - the message context
  * @param msgid - the message
  */
-export declare const dpgettext2: (context: string, msgid: string, domain?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const dpgettext2: (context: string, msgid: string, domain?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Returns the value of the environment variable `variable` in the
  * provided list @envp.
  * @param envp - an environment list (eg, as returned from g_get_environ()), or %NULL
  * @param variable - the environment variable to get
  */
-export declare const environGetenv: (variable: string, envp?: string[] | null) => string | null;
+export declare const environGetenv: (variable: string, envp?: string[]) => string | null;
 /**
  * Sets the environment variable `variable` in the provided list
  * `envp` to @value.
@@ -1714,14 +1714,14 @@ export declare const environGetenv: (variable: string, envp?: string[] | null) =
  * @param value - the value for to set the variable to
  * @param overwrite - whether to change the variable if it already exists
  */
-export declare const environSetenv: (variable: string, value: string, overwrite: boolean, envp?: string[] | null) => string[];
+export declare const environSetenv: (variable: string, value: string, overwrite: boolean, envp?: string[]) => string[];
 /**
  * Removes the environment variable `variable` from the provided
  * environment @envp.
  * @param envp - an environment list that can be freed using g_strfreev() (e.g., as
  * @param variable - the environment variable to remove, must not
  */
-export declare const environUnsetenv: (variable: string, envp?: string[] | null) => string[];
+export declare const environUnsetenv: (variable: string, envp?: string[]) => string[];
 /**
  * Mark every file descriptor equal to or greater than `lowfd` to be closed
  * at the next `execve()` or similar, as if via the `FD_CLOEXEC` flag.
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ export declare const fileErrorQuark: () => number;
  * @param contents - location to store an allocated string, use g_free() to free
  * @param length - location to store length in bytes of the contents, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const fileGetContents: (filename: string, contents: Ref<number[]>, length?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const fileGetContents: (filename: string, contents: Ref<number[]>, length?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Opens a file for writing in the preferred directory for temporary
  * files (as returned by g_get_tmp_dir()).
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ export declare const fileGetContents: (filename: string, contents: Ref<number[]>
  * @param tmpl - Template for file name, as in
  * @param nameUsed - location to store actual name used,
  */
-export declare const fileOpenTmp: (nameUsed: Ref<string>, tmpl?: string | null) => number;
+export declare const fileOpenTmp: (nameUsed: Ref<string>, tmpl?: string) => number;
 /**
  * Reads the contents of the symbolic link `filename` like the POSIX
  * `readlink()` function.
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ export declare const filenameDisplayName: (filename: string) => string;
  * @param uri - a uri describing a filename (escaped, encoded in ASCII).
  * @param hostname - Location to store hostname for the URI.
  */
-export declare const filenameFromUri: (uri: string, hostname?: Ref<string> | null) => string;
+export declare const filenameFromUri: (uri: string, hostname?: Ref<string>) => string;
 /**
  * Converts a string from UTF-8 to the encoding GLib uses for
  * filenames. Note that on Windows GLib uses UTF-8 for filenames;
@@ -2019,14 +2019,14 @@ export declare const filenameFromUri: (uri: string, hostname?: Ref<string> | nul
  * @param bytesRead - location to store the number of bytes in
  * @param bytesWritten - the number of bytes stored in
  */
-export declare const filenameFromUtf8: (utf8string: string, len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number> | null, bytesWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => string;
+export declare const filenameFromUtf8: (utf8string: string, len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number>, bytesWritten?: Ref<number>) => string;
 /**
  * Converts an absolute filename to an escaped ASCII-encoded URI, with the path
  * component following Section 3.3. of RFC 2396.
  * @param filename - an absolute filename specified in the GLib file
  * @param hostname - A UTF-8 encoded hostname, or %NULL for none.
  */
-export declare const filenameToUri: (filename: string, hostname?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const filenameToUri: (filename: string, hostname?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Converts a string which is in the encoding used by GLib for
  * filenames into a UTF-8 string. Note that on Windows GLib uses UTF-8
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ export declare const filenameToUri: (filename: string, hostname?: string | null)
  * @param bytesRead - location to store the number of bytes in the
  * @param bytesWritten - the number of bytes stored in the output
  */
-export declare const filenameToUtf8: (opsysstring: string, len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number> | null, bytesWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => string;
+export declare const filenameToUtf8: (opsysstring: string, len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number>, bytesWritten?: Ref<number>) => string;
 /**
  * Locates the first executable named `program` in the user's path, in the
  * same way that execvp() would locate it. Returns an allocated string
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ export declare const formatSizeFull: (size: number, flags: FormatSizeFlags) => s
  * If `mem` is %NULL it simply returns, so there is no need to check `mem` against %NULL before calling this function.
  * @param mem - the memory to free
  */
-export declare const free: (mem?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const free: (mem?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Frees the memory pointed to by @mem, assuming it is has the given @size.
  *
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ export declare const free: (mem?: number | null) => void;
  * @param mem - the memory to free
  * @param size - size of @mem, in bytes
  */
-export declare const freeSized: (size: number, mem?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const freeSized: (size: number, mem?: number) => void;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX freopen() function. The freopen() function
  * opens a file and associates it with an existing stream.
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ export declare const freeSized: (size: number, mem?: number | null) => void;
  * @param mode - a string describing the mode in which the file should be  opened
  * @param stream - an existing stream which will be reused, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const freopen: (filename: string, mode: string, stream?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const freopen: (filename: string, mode: string, stream?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX `fsync()` function. On Windows, `_commit()` will be
  * used. On macOS, `fcntl(F_FULLFSYNC)` will be used.
@@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ export declare const getApplicationName: () => string | null;
  * freed.
  * @param charset - return location for character set
  */
-export declare const getCharset: (charset?: Ref<string> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const getCharset: (charset?: Ref<string>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Gets the character set for the current locale.
  */
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ export declare const getCodeset: () => string;
  * freed.
  * @param charset - return location for character set
  */
-export declare const getConsoleCharset: (charset?: Ref<string> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const getConsoleCharset: (charset?: Ref<string>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Gets the current directory.
  *
@@ -2687,13 +2687,13 @@ export declare const getenv: (variable: string) => string | null;
  * @param hashTable - a #GHashTable
  * @param key - a key to insert
  */
-export declare const hashTableAdd: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableAdd: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Checks if `key` is in @hash_table.
  * @param hashTable - a #GHashTable
  * @param key - a key to check
  */
-export declare const hashTableContains: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableContains: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Destroys all keys and values in the #GHashTable and decrements its
  * reference count by 1. If keys and/or values are dynamically allocated,
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ export declare const hashTableDestroy: (hashTable: HashTable) => void;
  * @param key - a key to insert
  * @param value - the value to associate with the key
  */
-export declare const hashTableInsert: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null, value?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableInsert: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number, value?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Looks up a key in a #GHashTable. Note that this function cannot
  * distinguish between a key that is not present and one which is present
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ export declare const hashTableInsert: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null
  * @param hashTable - a #GHashTable
  * @param key - the key to look up
  */
-export declare const hashTableLookup: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const hashTableLookup: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * Looks up a key in the #GHashTable, returning the original key and the
  * associated value and a #gboolean which is %TRUE if the key was found. This
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ export declare const hashTableLookup: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null
  * @param origKey - return location for the original key
  * @param value - return location for the value associated
  */
-export declare const hashTableLookupExtended: (hashTable: HashTable, lookupKey?: number | null, origKey?: Ref<number> | null, value?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableLookupExtended: (hashTable: HashTable, lookupKey?: number, origKey?: Ref<number>, value?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Creates a new #GHashTable like g_hash_table_new_full() with a reference
  * count of 1.
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ export declare const hashTableRef: (hashTable: HashTable) => HashTable;
  * @param hashTable - a #GHashTable
  * @param key - the key to remove
  */
-export declare const hashTableRemove: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableRemove: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Removes all keys and their associated values from a #GHashTable.
  *
@@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ export declare const hashTableRemoveAll: (hashTable: HashTable) => void;
  * @param key - a key to insert
  * @param value - the value to associate with the key
  */
-export declare const hashTableReplace: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null, value?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableReplace: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number, value?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Returns the number of elements contained in the #GHashTable.
  * @param hashTable - a #GHashTable
@@ -2813,7 +2813,7 @@ export declare const hashTableSize: (hashTable: HashTable) => number;
  * @param hashTable - a #GHashTable
  * @param key - the key to remove
  */
-export declare const hashTableSteal: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableSteal: (hashTable: HashTable, key?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Removes all keys and their associated values from a #GHashTable
  * without calling the key and value destroy functions.
@@ -2843,7 +2843,7 @@ export declare const hashTableStealAll: (hashTable: HashTable) => void;
  * @param stolenKey - return location for the
  * @param stolenValue - return location
  */
-export declare const hashTableStealExtended: (hashTable: HashTable, lookupKey?: number | null, stolenKey?: Ref<number> | null, stolenValue?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const hashTableStealExtended: (hashTable: HashTable, lookupKey?: number, stolenKey?: Ref<number>, stolenValue?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Atomically decrements the reference count of `hash_table` by one.
  * If the reference count drops to 0, all keys and values will be
@@ -2878,7 +2878,7 @@ export declare const hookFree: (hookList: number, hook: number) => void;
  * @param sibling - the #GHook to insert the new #GHook before
  * @param hook - the #GHook to insert
  */
-export declare const hookInsertBefore: (hookList: number, hook: number, sibling?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const hookInsertBefore: (hookList: number, hook: number, sibling?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Prepends a #GHook on the start of a #GHookList.
  * @param hookList - a #GHookList
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ export declare const hostnameToUnicode: (hostname: string) => string | null;
  * Removes the idle function with the given data.
  * @param data - the data for the idle source’s callback.
  */
-export declare const idleRemoveByData: (data?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const idleRemoveByData: (data?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Creates a new idle source.
  *
@@ -3011,7 +3011,7 @@ export declare const intHash: (v: number) => number;
  * variables in C++.
  * @param string - a static string
  */
-export declare const internStaticString: (string?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const internStaticString: (string?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Returns a canonical representation for @string. Interned strings
  * can be compared for equality by comparing the pointers, instead of
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ export declare const internStaticString: (string?: string | null) => string;
  * variables in C++.
  * @param string - a string
  */
-export declare const internString: (string?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const internString: (string?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Converts an `errno` error number to a #GIOChannelError.
  * @param en - an `errno` error number, e.g. `EINVAL`
@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@ export declare const listenv: () => string[];
  * @param bytesRead - location to store the number of bytes in the
  * @param bytesWritten - the number of bytes stored in the output
  */
-export declare const localeFromUtf8: (utf8string: string, len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number> | null, bytesWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number[];
+export declare const localeFromUtf8: (utf8string: string, len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number>, bytesWritten?: Ref<number>) => number[];
 /**
  * Converts a string which is in the encoding used for strings by
  * the C runtime (usually the same as that used by the operating
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ export declare const localeFromUtf8: (utf8string: string, len: number, bytesRead
  * @param bytesRead - location to store the number of bytes in the
  * @param bytesWritten - the number of bytes stored in the output
  */
-export declare const localeToUtf8: (opsysstring: number[], len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number> | null, bytesWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => string;
+export declare const localeToUtf8: (opsysstring: number[], len: number, bytesRead?: Ref<number>, bytesWritten?: Ref<number>) => string;
 /**
  * The default log handler set up by GLib; [func@GLib.log_set_default_handler]
  * allows to install an alternate default log handler.
@@ -3132,7 +3132,7 @@ export declare const localeToUtf8: (opsysstring: number[], len: number, bytesRea
  * @param message - the message
  * @param unusedData - data passed from [func@GLib.log] which is unused
  */
-export declare const logDefaultHandler: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, logDomain?: string | null, message?: string | null, unusedData?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const logDefaultHandler: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, logDomain?: string, message?: string, unusedData?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Gets the current fatal mask.
  *
@@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@ export declare const logStructuredArray: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: numbe
  * @param logLevel - log level, either from [type@GLib.LogLevelFlags], or a user-defined
  * @param fields - a dictionary ([type@GLib.Variant] of the type `G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT`)
  */
-export declare const logVariant: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: Variant, logDomain?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const logVariant: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: Variant, logDomain?: string) => void;
 /**
  * Format a structured log message and output it to the default log destination
  * for the platform.
@@ -3303,7 +3303,7 @@ export declare const logVariant: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: Variant, logD
  * @param nFields - number of elements in the `fields` array
  * @param userData - user data passed to [func@GLib.log_set_writer_func]
  */
-export declare const logWriterDefault: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number | null) => LogWriterOutput;
+export declare const logWriterDefault: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number) => LogWriterOutput;
 /**
  * Reset the list of domains to be logged, that might be initially set by the
  * `G_MESSAGES_DEBUG` or `DEBUG_INVOCATION` environment variables.
@@ -3311,7 +3311,7 @@ export declare const logWriterDefault: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[
  * This function is thread-safe.
  * @param domains - `NULL`-terminated array with domains to be printed.
  */
-export declare const logWriterDefaultSetDebugDomains: (domains?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const logWriterDefaultSetDebugDomains: (domains?: string) => void;
 /**
  * Configure whether the built-in log functions will output all log messages to
  * `stderr`.
@@ -3362,7 +3362,7 @@ export declare const logWriterDefaultSetUseStderr: (useStderr: boolean) => void;
  * @param logLevel - log level, either from [type@GLib.LogLevelFlags], or a user-defined
  * @param logDomain - log domain
  */
-export declare const logWriterDefaultWouldDrop: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, logDomain?: string | null) => boolean;
+export declare const logWriterDefaultWouldDrop: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, logDomain?: string) => boolean;
 /**
  * Format a structured log message as a string suitable for outputting to the
  * terminal (or elsewhere).
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ export declare const logWriterIsJournald: (outputFd: number) => boolean;
  * @param nFields - number of elements in the `fields` array
  * @param userData - user data passed to [func@GLib.log_set_writer_func]
  */
-export declare const logWriterJournald: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number | null) => LogWriterOutput;
+export declare const logWriterJournald: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number) => LogWriterOutput;
 /**
  * Format a structured log message and print it to either `stdout` or `stderr`,
  * depending on its log level.
@@ -3435,7 +3435,7 @@ export declare const logWriterJournald: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number
  * @param nFields - number of elements in the `fields` array
  * @param userData - user data passed to [func@GLib.log_set_writer_func]
  */
-export declare const logWriterStandardStreams: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number | null) => LogWriterOutput;
+export declare const logWriterStandardStreams: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number) => LogWriterOutput;
 /**
  * Check whether the given `output_fd` file descriptor supports
  * [ANSI color escape sequences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code).
@@ -3462,7 +3462,7 @@ export declare const logWriterSupportsColor: (outputFd: number) => boolean;
  * @param nFields - number of elements in the `fields` array
  * @param userData - user data passed to [func@GLib.log_set_writer_func]
  */
-export declare const logWriterSyslog: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number | null) => LogWriterOutput;
+export declare const logWriterSyslog: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, fields: number[], nFields: number, userData?: number) => LogWriterOutput;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX lstat() function. The lstat() function is
  * like stat() except that in the case of symbolic links, it returns
@@ -3708,7 +3708,7 @@ export declare const memSetVtable: (vtable: number) => void;
  * @param mem - the memory to copy
  * @param byteSize - the number of bytes to copy
  */
-export declare const memdup: (byteSize: number, mem?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const memdup: (byteSize: number, mem?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * Allocates `byte_size` bytes of memory, and copies `byte_size` bytes into it
  * from @mem. If `mem` is `NULL` it returns `NULL`.
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ export declare const memdup: (byteSize: number, mem?: number | null) => number |
  * @param mem - the memory to copy
  * @param byteSize - the number of bytes to copy
  */
-export declare const memdup2: (byteSize: number, mem?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const memdup2: (byteSize: number, mem?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX mkdir() function. The mkdir() function
  * attempts to create a directory with the given name and permissions.
@@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ export declare const onErrorQuery: (prgName: string) => void;
  * handle that exception (see Running GLib Applications).
  * @param prgName - the program name, needed by gdb for the
  */
-export declare const onErrorStackTrace: (prgName?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const onErrorStackTrace: (prgName?: string) => void;
 /**
  * Function to be called when starting a critical initialization
  * section. The argument `location` must point to a static
@@ -3885,7 +3885,7 @@ export declare const onceInitLeave: (location: Ref<number>, result: number) => v
  * @param location - location of a static initializable variable
  * @param result - new non-`NULL` value for `*location`
  */
-export declare const onceInitLeavePointer: (location: number, result?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const onceInitLeavePointer: (location: number, result?: number) => void;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX open() function. The open() function is
  * used to convert a pathname into a file descriptor.
@@ -3927,7 +3927,7 @@ export declare const optionErrorQuark: () => number;
  * @param keys - pointer to an array of #GDebugKey which associate
  * @param nkeys - the number of #GDebugKeys in the array.
  */
-export declare const parseDebugString: (keys: number[], nkeys: number, string?: string | null) => number;
+export declare const parseDebugString: (keys: number[], nkeys: number, string?: string) => number;
 /**
  * Compares two path buffers for equality and returns `TRUE`
  * if they are equal.
@@ -4030,7 +4030,7 @@ export declare const pointerBitLock: (address: number, lockBit: number) => void;
  * @param lockBit - a bit value between 0 and 31
  * @param outPtr - returns the set pointer atomically.
  */
-export declare const pointerBitLockAndGet: (address: number, lockBit: number, outPtr?: Ref<number> | null) => void;
+export declare const pointerBitLockAndGet: (address: number, lockBit: number, outPtr?: Ref<number>) => void;
 /**
  * This mangles `ptr` as g_pointer_bit_lock() and g_pointer_bit_unlock()
  * do.
@@ -4040,7 +4040,7 @@ export declare const pointerBitLockAndGet: (address: number, lockBit: number, ou
  * @param preserveMask - if non-zero, a bit-mask for @preserve_ptr. The
  * @param preservePtr - if `preserve_mask` is non-zero, the bits
  */
-export declare const pointerBitLockMaskPtr: (lockBit: number, set: boolean, preserveMask: number, ptr?: number | null, preservePtr?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const pointerBitLockMaskPtr: (lockBit: number, set: boolean, preserveMask: number, ptr?: number, preservePtr?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * This is equivalent to g_bit_trylock(), but working on pointers (or
  * other pointer-sized values).
@@ -4080,7 +4080,7 @@ export declare const pointerBitUnlock: (address: number, lockBit: number) => voi
  * @param ptr - the new pointer value to set
  * @param preserveMask - if non-zero, those bits of the current pointer in `address`   are preserved.
  */
-export declare const pointerBitUnlockAndSet: (address: number, lockBit: number, preserveMask: number, ptr?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const pointerBitUnlockAndSet: (address: number, lockBit: number, preserveMask: number, ptr?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Polls @fds, as with the poll() system call, but portably. (On
  * systems that don't have poll(), it is emulated using select().)
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ export declare const poll: (fds: PollFD, nfds: number, timeout: number) => numbe
  * @param err - a return location for a #GError, or %NULL
  * @param prefix - string to prefix `err` with
  */
-export declare const prefixErrorLiteral: (prefix: string, err?: Ref<GError> | null) => void;
+export declare const prefixErrorLiteral: (prefix: string, err?: Ref<GError>) => void;
 /**
  * If `dest` is %NULL, free @src; otherwise, moves `src` into `*dest`.
  * The error variable `dest` points to must be %NULL.
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@ export declare const prefixErrorLiteral: (prefix: string, err?: Ref<GError> | nu
  * @param dest - error return location
  * @param src - error to move into the return location
  */
-export declare const propagateError: (src: GError, dest?: Ref<GError> | null) => void;
+export declare const propagateError: (src: GError, dest?: Ref<GError>) => void;
 /**
  * Gets the #GQuark identifying the given (static) string. If the
  * string does not currently have an associated #GQuark, a new #GQuark
@@ -4143,7 +4143,7 @@ export declare const propagateError: (src: GError, dest?: Ref<GError> | null) =>
  * variables in C++.
  * @param string - a string
  */
-export declare const quarkFromStaticString: (string?: string | null) => number;
+export declare const quarkFromStaticString: (string?: string) => number;
 /**
  * Gets the #GQuark identifying the given string. If the string does
  * not currently have an associated #GQuark, a new #GQuark is created,
@@ -4154,7 +4154,7 @@ export declare const quarkFromStaticString: (string?: string | null) => number;
  * variables in C++.
  * @param string - a string
  */
-export declare const quarkFromString: (string?: string | null) => number;
+export declare const quarkFromString: (string?: string) => number;
 /**
  * Gets the string associated with the given #GQuark.
  * @param quark - a #GQuark.
@@ -4171,7 +4171,7 @@ export declare const quarkToString: (quark: number) => string;
  * running.
  * @param string - a string
  */
-export declare const quarkTryString: (string?: string | null) => number;
+export declare const quarkTryString: (string?: string) => number;
 /**
  * Returns a random #gdouble equally distributed over the range [0..1).
  */
@@ -4273,7 +4273,7 @@ export declare const rcBoxReleaseFull: (memBlock: number, clearFunc: () => void)
  * @param mem - the memory to reallocate
  * @param nBytes - new size of the memory in bytes
  */
-export declare const realloc: (nBytes: number, mem?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const realloc: (nBytes: number, mem?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * This function is similar to g_realloc(), allocating (`n_blocks` * @n_block_bytes) bytes,
  * but care is taken to detect possible overflow during multiplication.
@@ -4284,7 +4284,7 @@ export declare const realloc: (nBytes: number, mem?: number | null) => number |
  * @param nBlocks - the number of blocks to allocate
  * @param nBlockBytes - the size of each block in bytes
  */
-export declare const reallocN: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number, mem?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const reallocN: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number, mem?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * Compares the current value of `rc` with @val.
  * @param rc - the address of a reference count variable
@@ -4372,7 +4372,7 @@ export declare const refStringRelease: (str: string) => void;
  * @param replacement - the replacement string
  * @param hasReferences - location to store information about
  */
-export declare const regexCheckReplacement: (replacement: string, hasReferences?: Ref<boolean> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const regexCheckReplacement: (replacement: string, hasReferences?: Ref<boolean>) => boolean;
 export declare const regexErrorQuark: () => number;
 /**
  * Escapes the nul characters in `string` to "\x00".  It can be used
@@ -4507,7 +4507,7 @@ export declare const sequenceGet: (iter: number) => number | null;
  * @param iter - a #GSequenceIter
  * @param data - the data for the new item
  */
-export declare const sequenceInsertBefore: (iter: number, data?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const sequenceInsertBefore: (iter: number, data?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Moves the item pointed to by `src` to the position indicated by @dest.
  * After calling this function `dest` will point to the position immediately
@@ -4567,7 +4567,7 @@ export declare const sequenceRemoveRange: (begin: number, end: number) => void;
  * @param iter - a #GSequenceIter
  * @param data - new data for the item
  */
-export declare const sequenceSet: (iter: number, data?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const sequenceSet: (iter: number, data?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Swaps the items pointed to by `a` and @b. It is allowed for `a` and `b` to point into difference sequences.
  * @param a - a #GSequenceIter
@@ -4600,7 +4600,7 @@ export declare const setApplicationName: (applicationName: string) => void;
  * @param code - error code
  * @param message - error message
  */
-export declare const setErrorLiteral: (domain: number, code: number, message: string, err?: Ref<GError> | null) => void;
+export declare const setErrorLiteral: (domain: number, code: number, message: string, err?: Ref<GError>) => void;
 /**
  * Sets the name of the program. This name should not be localized,
  * in contrast to g_set_application_name().
@@ -4676,7 +4676,7 @@ export declare const shellErrorQuark: () => number;
  * @param argcp - return location for number of args
  * @param argvp - return location for array of args
  */
-export declare const shellParseArgv: (commandLine: string, argcp?: Ref<number> | null, argvp?: Ref<string[]> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const shellParseArgv: (commandLine: string, argcp?: Ref<number>, argvp?: Ref<string[]>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Quotes a string so that the shell (/bin/sh) will interpret the
  * quoted string to mean @unquoted_string.
@@ -4753,7 +4753,7 @@ export declare const sliceAlloc0: (blockSize: number) => number | null;
  * @param blockSize - the number of bytes to allocate
  * @param memBlock - the memory to copy
  */
-export declare const sliceCopy: (blockSize: number, memBlock?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const sliceCopy: (blockSize: number, memBlock?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * Frees a block of memory.
  *
@@ -4770,7 +4770,7 @@ export declare const sliceCopy: (blockSize: number, memBlock?: number | null) =>
  * @param blockSize - the size of the block
  * @param memBlock - a pointer to the block to free
  */
-export declare const sliceFree1: (blockSize: number, memBlock?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const sliceFree1: (blockSize: number, memBlock?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Frees a linked list of memory blocks of structure type @type.
  *
@@ -4788,7 +4788,7 @@ export declare const sliceFree1: (blockSize: number, memBlock?: number | null) =
  * @param memChain - a pointer to the first block of the chain
  * @param nextOffset - the offset of the `next` field in the blocks
  */
-export declare const sliceFreeChainWithOffset: (blockSize: number, nextOffset: number, memChain?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const sliceFreeChainWithOffset: (blockSize: number, nextOffset: number, memChain?: number) => void;
 export declare const sliceGetConfig: (ckey: SliceConfig) => number;
 export declare const sliceGetConfigState: (ckey: SliceConfig, address: number, nValues: number) => number;
 export declare const sliceSetConfig: (ckey: SliceConfig, value: number) => void;
@@ -4829,7 +4829,7 @@ export declare const sourceRemove: (tag: number) => boolean;
  * @param funcs - the `source_funcs` passed to [ctor@GLib.Source.new]
  * @param userData - the user data for the callback
  */
-export declare const sourceRemoveByFuncsUserData: (funcs: number, userData?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const sourceRemoveByFuncsUserData: (funcs: number, userData?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Removes a source from the default main loop context given the user
  * data for the callback.
@@ -4837,7 +4837,7 @@ export declare const sourceRemoveByFuncsUserData: (funcs: number, userData?: num
  * If multiple sources exist with the same user data, only one will be destroyed.
  * @param userData - the user_data for the callback
  */
-export declare const sourceRemoveByUserData: (userData?: number | null) => boolean;
+export declare const sourceRemoveByUserData: (userData?: number) => boolean;
 /**
  * Sets the name of a source using its ID.
  *
@@ -4981,7 +4981,7 @@ export declare const spawnCommandLineAsync: (commandLine: string) => boolean;
  * @param standardError - return location for child errors
  * @param waitStatus - return location for child wait status, as returned by waitpid()
  */
-export declare const spawnCommandLineSync: (commandLine: string, standardOutput?: Ref<number[]> | null, standardError?: Ref<number[]> | null, waitStatus?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const spawnCommandLineSync: (commandLine: string, standardOutput?: Ref<number[]>, standardError?: Ref<number[]>, waitStatus?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 export declare const spawnErrorQuark: () => number;
 export declare const spawnExitErrorQuark: () => number;
 /**
@@ -5117,7 +5117,7 @@ export declare const strMatchString: (searchTerm: string, potentialHit: string,
  * @param str - a string, in UTF-8
  * @param fromLocale - the source locale, if known
  */
-export declare const strToAscii: (str: string, fromLocale?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const strToAscii: (str: string, fromLocale?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Tokenizes `string` and performs folding on each token.
  *
@@ -5138,7 +5138,7 @@ export declare const strToAscii: (str: string, fromLocale?: string | null) => st
  * @param translitLocale - the language code (like 'de' or
  * @param asciiAlternates - a return location for ASCII alternates
  */
-export declare const strTokenizeAndFold: (string: string, translitLocale?: string | null, asciiAlternates?: Ref<string[]> | null) => string[];
+export declare const strTokenizeAndFold: (string: string, translitLocale?: string, asciiAlternates?: Ref<string[]>) => string[];
 /**
  * For each character in @string, if the character is not in @valid_chars,
  * replaces the character with @substitutor.
@@ -5202,7 +5202,7 @@ export declare const strchug: (string: string) => string;
  * @param str1 - a string
  * @param str2 - another string
  */
-export declare const strcmp0: (str1?: string | null, str2?: string | null) => number;
+export declare const strcmp0: (str1?: string, str2?: string) => number;
 /**
  * Makes a copy of a string replacing C string-style escape
  * sequences with their one byte equivalent:
@@ -5243,7 +5243,7 @@ export declare const strcompress: (source: string) => string;
  * @param delimiters - a string containing the current delimiters, or
  * @param newDelimiter - the new delimiter character
  */
-export declare const strdelimit: (string: string, newDelimiter: number, delimiters?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const strdelimit: (string: string, newDelimiter: number, delimiters?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Converts a string to lower case.
  * @param string - the string to convert
@@ -5253,7 +5253,7 @@ export declare const strdown: (string: string) => string;
  * Duplicates a string. If `str` is `NULL` it returns `NULL`.
  * @param str - the string to duplicate
  */
-export declare const strdup: (str?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const strdup: (str?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Copies an array of strings. The copy is a deep copy; each string is also
  * copied.
@@ -5261,7 +5261,7 @@ export declare const strdup: (str?: string | null) => string;
  * If called on a `NULL` value, `g_strdupv()` simply returns `NULL`.
  * @param strArray - an array of strings to copy
  */
-export declare const strdupv: (strArray?: string[] | null) => string[] | null;
+export declare const strdupv: (strArray?: string[]) => string[] | null;
 /**
  * Returns a string corresponding to the given error code, e.g. "no
  * such process".
@@ -5309,14 +5309,14 @@ export declare const strerror: (errnum: number) => string;
  * @param source - a string to escape
  * @param exceptions - a string of characters not to escape in @source
  */
-export declare const strescape: (source: string, exceptions?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const strescape: (source: string, exceptions?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Frees an array of strings, as well as each string it contains.
  *
  * If `str_array` is `NULL`, this function simply returns.
  * @param strArray - an
  */
-export declare const strfreev: (strArray?: string[] | null) => void;
+export declare const strfreev: (strArray?: string[]) => void;
 /**
  * An auxiliary function for gettext() support (see Q_()).
  * @param msgid - a string
@@ -5333,7 +5333,7 @@ export declare const stripContext: (msgid: string, msgval: string) => string;
  * @param separator - a string to insert between each of the strings
  * @param strArray - an array of strings to join
  */
-export declare const strjoinv: (strArray: string[], separator?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const strjoinv: (strArray: string[], separator?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Portability wrapper that calls `strlcat()` on systems which have it,
  * and emulates it otherwise. Appends nul-terminated `src` string to @dest,
@@ -5392,7 +5392,7 @@ export declare const strncasecmp: (s1: string, s2: string, n: number) => number;
  * @param str - the string to duplicate
  * @param n - the maximum number of bytes to copy from @str
  */
-export declare const strndup: (n: number, str?: string | null) => string | null;
+export declare const strndup: (n: number, str?: string) => string | null;
 /**
  * Creates a new string `length` bytes long filled with @fill_char.
  * @param length - the length of the new string
@@ -5517,7 +5517,7 @@ export declare const strstrLen: (haystack: string, haystackLen: number, needle:
  * @param nptr - the string to convert to a numeric value
  * @param endptr - if non-`NULL`, it returns the
  */
-export declare const strtod: (nptr: string, endptr?: Ref<string> | null) => number;
+export declare const strtod: (nptr: string, endptr?: Ref<string>) => number;
 /**
  * Converts a string to upper case.
  * @param string - the string to convert
@@ -5631,7 +5631,7 @@ export declare const testDisableCrashReporting: () => void;
  * @param logLevel - the log level of the message
  * @param pattern - a glob-style pattern (see [type@GLib.PatternSpec])
  */
-export declare const testExpectMessage: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, pattern: string, logDomain?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const testExpectMessage: (logLevel: LogLevelFlags, pattern: string, logDomain?: string) => void;
 /**
  * Indicates that a test failed.
  *
@@ -5703,7 +5703,7 @@ export declare const testGetPath: () => string;
  * If not called from inside a test, this function does nothing.
  * @param msg - explanation
  */
-export declare const testIncomplete: (msg?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const testIncomplete: (msg?: string) => void;
 export declare const testLogTypeName: (logType: TestLogType) => string;
 /**
  * Enqueues a callback `destroy_func` to be executed during the next test case
@@ -5716,7 +5716,7 @@ export declare const testLogTypeName: (logType: TestLogType) => string;
  * @param destroyFunc - destroy callback for teardown phase
  * @param destroyData - destroy callback data
  */
-export declare const testQueueDestroy: (destroyFunc: () => void, destroyData?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const testQueueDestroy: (destroyFunc: () => void, destroyData?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Enqueues a pointer to be released with [func@GLib.free]
  * during the next teardown phase.
@@ -5725,7 +5725,7 @@ export declare const testQueueDestroy: (destroyFunc: () => void, destroyData?: n
  * with a destroy callback of [func@GLib.free].
  * @param gfreePointer - the pointer to be stored
  */
-export declare const testQueueFree: (gfreePointer?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const testQueueFree: (gfreePointer?: number) => void;
 /**
  * Gets a reproducible random floating point number.
  *
@@ -5839,7 +5839,7 @@ export declare const testSetNonfatalAssertions: () => void;
  * If not called from inside a test, this function does nothing.
  * @param msg - explanation
  */
-export declare const testSkip: (msg?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const testSkip: (msg?: string) => void;
 /**
  * Returns true if the test program is running under [func@GLib.test_trap_subprocess].
  */
@@ -5941,7 +5941,7 @@ export declare const testTrapReachedTimeout: () => boolean;
  * @param usecTimeout - timeout for the subprocess test in microseconds.
  * @param testFlags - flags to modify subprocess behaviour
  */
-export declare const testTrapSubprocess: (usecTimeout: number, testFlags: TestSubprocessFlags, testPath?: string | null) => void;
+export declare const testTrapSubprocess: (usecTimeout: number, testFlags: TestSubprocessFlags, testPath?: string) => void;
 /**
  * Respawns the test program to run only `test_path` in a subprocess with
  * a given environment.
@@ -6037,7 +6037,7 @@ export declare const testTrapSubprocess: (usecTimeout: number, testFlags: TestSu
  * @param usecTimeout - timeout for the subprocess test in microseconds
  * @param testFlags - flags to modify subprocess behaviour
  */
-export declare const testTrapSubprocessWithEnvp: (usecTimeout: number, testFlags: TestSubprocessFlags, testPath?: string | null, envp?: string[] | null) => void;
+export declare const testTrapSubprocessWithEnvp: (usecTimeout: number, testFlags: TestSubprocessFlags, testPath?: string, envp?: string[]) => void;
 export declare const threadErrorQuark: () => number;
 /**
  * Terminates the current thread.
@@ -6055,7 +6055,7 @@ export declare const threadErrorQuark: () => number;
  * or or from within a #GThreadPool.
  * @param retval - the return value of this thread
  */
-export declare const threadExit: (retval?: number | null) => void;
+export declare const threadExit: (retval?: number) => void;
 /**
  * This function will return the maximum `interval` that a
  * thread will wait in the thread pool for new tasks before
@@ -6229,7 +6229,7 @@ export declare const tryMallocN: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number) => numbe
  * @param mem - previously-allocated memory, or %NULL.
  * @param nBytes - number of bytes to allocate.
  */
-export declare const tryRealloc: (nBytes: number, mem?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const tryRealloc: (nBytes: number, mem?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * This function is similar to g_try_realloc(), allocating (`n_blocks` * @n_block_bytes) bytes,
  * but care is taken to detect possible overflow during multiplication.
@@ -6237,7 +6237,7 @@ export declare const tryRealloc: (nBytes: number, mem?: number | null) => number
  * @param nBlocks - the number of blocks to allocate
  * @param nBlockBytes - the size of each block in bytes
  */
-export declare const tryReallocN: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number, mem?: number | null) => number | null;
+export declare const tryReallocN: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number, mem?: number) => number | null;
 /**
  * Convert a string from UCS-4 to UTF-16.
  *
@@ -6247,7 +6247,7 @@ export declare const tryReallocN: (nBlocks: number, nBlockBytes: number, mem?: n
  * @param itemsRead - location to store number of
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store number
  */
-export declare const ucs4ToUtf16: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number> | null, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number;
+export declare const ucs4ToUtf16: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number>, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => number;
 /**
  * Convert a string from a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4.
  * to UTF-8.
@@ -6258,7 +6258,7 @@ export declare const ucs4ToUtf16: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<n
  * @param itemsRead - location to store number of
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store number
  */
-export declare const ucs4ToUtf8: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number> | null, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => string;
+export declare const ucs4ToUtf8: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number>, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => string;
 /**
  * Determines the break type of @c. `c` should be a Unicode character
  * (to derive a character from UTF-8 encoded text, use
@@ -6356,7 +6356,7 @@ export declare const unicharDigitValue: (c: number) => number;
  * @param result - location to store decomposed result, or %NULL
  * @param resultLen - length of @result
  */
-export declare const unicharFullyDecompose: (ch: number, compat: boolean, resultLen: number, result?: Ref<number> | null) => number;
+export declare const unicharFullyDecompose: (ch: number, compat: boolean, resultLen: number, result?: Ref<number>) => number;
 /**
  * In Unicode, some characters are "mirrored". This means that their
  * images are mirrored horizontally in text that is laid out from right
@@ -6529,7 +6529,7 @@ export declare const unicharIszerowidth: (c: number) => boolean;
  * @param c - a Unicode character code
  * @param outbuf - output buffer, must have at
  */
-export declare const unicharToUtf8: (c: number, outbuf?: Ref<string> | null) => number;
+export declare const unicharToUtf8: (c: number, outbuf?: Ref<string>) => number;
 /**
  * Converts a character to lower case.
  * @param c - a Unicode character.
@@ -6739,7 +6739,7 @@ export declare const unsetenv: (variable: string) => void;
  * @param query - the query component, or %NULL
  * @param fragment - the fragment, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const uriBuild: (flags: UriFlags, scheme: string, port: number, path: string, userinfo?: string | null, host?: string | null, query?: string | null, fragment?: string | null) => Uri;
+export declare const uriBuild: (flags: UriFlags, scheme: string, port: number, path: string, userinfo?: string, host?: string, query?: string, fragment?: string) => Uri;
 /**
  * Creates a new #GUri from the given components according to `flags` (%G_URI_FLAGS_HAS_PASSWORD is added unconditionally). The `flags` must be
  * coherent with the passed values, in particular use `%`-encoded values with
@@ -6759,7 +6759,7 @@ export declare const uriBuild: (flags: UriFlags, scheme: string, port: number, p
  * @param query - the query component, or %NULL
  * @param fragment - the fragment, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const uriBuildWithUser: (flags: UriFlags, scheme: string, port: number, path: string, user?: string | null, password?: string | null, authParams?: string | null, host?: string | null, query?: string | null, fragment?: string | null) => Uri;
+export declare const uriBuildWithUser: (flags: UriFlags, scheme: string, port: number, path: string, user?: string, password?: string, authParams?: string, host?: string, query?: string, fragment?: string) => Uri;
 export declare const uriErrorQuark: () => number;
 /**
  * Escapes arbitrary data for use in a URI.
@@ -6776,7 +6776,7 @@ export declare const uriErrorQuark: () => number;
  * @param length - the length of @unescaped
  * @param reservedCharsAllowed - a string of reserved
  */
-export declare const uriEscapeBytes: (unescaped: number[], length: number, reservedCharsAllowed?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const uriEscapeBytes: (unescaped: number[], length: number, reservedCharsAllowed?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Escapes a string for use in a URI.
  *
@@ -6789,7 +6789,7 @@ export declare const uriEscapeBytes: (unescaped: number[], length: number, reser
  * @param reservedCharsAllowed - a string of reserved
  * @param allowUtf8 - %TRUE if the result can include UTF-8 characters.
  */
-export declare const uriEscapeString: (unescaped: string, allowUtf8: boolean, reservedCharsAllowed?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const uriEscapeString: (unescaped: string, allowUtf8: boolean, reservedCharsAllowed?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Parses `uri_string` according to @flags, to determine whether it is a valid
  * [absolute URI](#relative-and-absolute-uris), i.e. it does not need to be resolved
@@ -6827,7 +6827,7 @@ export declare const uriIsValid: (uriString: string, flags: UriFlags) => boolean
  * @param query - the query component, or %NULL
  * @param fragment - the fragment, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const uriJoin: (flags: UriFlags, port: number, path: string, scheme?: string | null, userinfo?: string | null, host?: string | null, query?: string | null, fragment?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const uriJoin: (flags: UriFlags, port: number, path: string, scheme?: string, userinfo?: string, host?: string, query?: string, fragment?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Joins the given components together according to `flags` to create
  * an absolute URI string. `path` may not be %NULL (though it may be the empty
@@ -6849,7 +6849,7 @@ export declare const uriJoin: (flags: UriFlags, port: number, path: string, sche
  * @param query - the query component, or %NULL
  * @param fragment - the fragment, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const uriJoinWithUser: (flags: UriFlags, port: number, path: string, scheme?: string | null, user?: string | null, password?: string | null, authParams?: string | null, host?: string | null, query?: string | null, fragment?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const uriJoinWithUser: (flags: UriFlags, port: number, path: string, scheme?: string, user?: string, password?: string, authParams?: string, host?: string, query?: string, fragment?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Splits an URI list conforming to the text/uri-list
  * mime type defined in RFC 2483 into individual URIs,
@@ -6932,7 +6932,7 @@ export declare const uriPeekScheme: (uri: string) => string | null;
  * @param uriRef - a string representing a relative or absolute URI
  * @param flags - flags describing how to parse @uri_ref
  */
-export declare const uriResolveRelative: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, baseUriString?: string | null) => string;
+export declare const uriResolveRelative: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, baseUriString?: string) => string;
 /**
  * Parses `uri_ref` (which can be an
  * [absolute or relative URI](#relative-and-absolute-uris)) according to @flags, and
@@ -6960,7 +6960,7 @@ export declare const uriResolveRelative: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, baseU
  * @param query - on return, contains the
  * @param fragment - on return, contains
  */
-export declare const uriSplit: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<string> | null, userinfo?: Ref<string> | null, host?: Ref<string> | null, port?: Ref<number> | null, path?: Ref<string> | null, query?: Ref<string> | null, fragment?: Ref<string> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const uriSplit: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<string>, userinfo?: Ref<string>, host?: Ref<string>, port?: Ref<number>, path?: Ref<string>, query?: Ref<string>, fragment?: Ref<string>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Parses `uri_string` (which must be an [absolute URI](#relative-and-absolute-uris))
  * according to @flags, and returns the pieces relevant to connecting to a host.
@@ -6974,7 +6974,7 @@ export declare const uriSplit: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<st
  * @param host - on return, contains the
  * @param port - on return, contains the
  */
-export declare const uriSplitNetwork: (uriString: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<string> | null, host?: Ref<string> | null, port?: Ref<number> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const uriSplitNetwork: (uriString: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<string>, host?: Ref<string>, port?: Ref<number>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Parses `uri_ref` (which can be an
  * [absolute or relative URI](#relative-and-absolute-uris)) according to @flags, and
@@ -6999,7 +6999,7 @@ export declare const uriSplitNetwork: (uriString: string, flags: UriFlags, schem
  * @param query - on return, contains the
  * @param fragment - on return, contains
  */
-export declare const uriSplitWithUser: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<string> | null, user?: Ref<string> | null, password?: Ref<string> | null, authParams?: Ref<string> | null, host?: Ref<string> | null, port?: Ref<number> | null, path?: Ref<string> | null, query?: Ref<string> | null, fragment?: Ref<string> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const uriSplitWithUser: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?: Ref<string>, user?: Ref<string>, password?: Ref<string>, authParams?: Ref<string>, host?: Ref<string>, port?: Ref<number>, path?: Ref<string>, query?: Ref<string>, fragment?: Ref<string>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Unescapes a segment of an escaped string as binary data.
  *
@@ -7015,7 +7015,7 @@ export declare const uriSplitWithUser: (uriRef: string, flags: UriFlags, scheme?
  * @param length - the length (in bytes) of `escaped_string` to escape, or `-1` if it
  * @param illegalCharacters - a string of illegal characters
  */
-export declare const uriUnescapeBytes: (escapedString: string, length: number, illegalCharacters?: string | null) => Bytes;
+export declare const uriUnescapeBytes: (escapedString: string, length: number, illegalCharacters?: string) => Bytes;
 /**
  * Unescapes a segment of an escaped string.
  *
@@ -7031,7 +7031,7 @@ export declare const uriUnescapeBytes: (escapedString: string, length: number, i
  * @param escapedStringEnd - Pointer to end of @escaped_string,
  * @param illegalCharacters - An optional string of illegal
  */
-export declare const uriUnescapeSegment: (escapedString?: string | null, escapedStringEnd?: string | null, illegalCharacters?: string | null) => string | null;
+export declare const uriUnescapeSegment: (escapedString?: string, escapedStringEnd?: string, illegalCharacters?: string) => string | null;
 /**
  * Unescapes a whole escaped string.
  *
@@ -7043,7 +7043,7 @@ export declare const uriUnescapeSegment: (escapedString?: string | null, escaped
  * @param escapedString - an escaped string to be unescaped.
  * @param illegalCharacters - a string of illegal characters
  */
-export declare const uriUnescapeString: (escapedString: string, illegalCharacters?: string | null) => string | null;
+export declare const uriUnescapeString: (escapedString: string, illegalCharacters?: string) => string | null;
 /**
  * Pauses the current thread for the given number of microseconds.
  *
@@ -7063,7 +7063,7 @@ export declare const usleep: (microseconds: number) => void;
  * @param itemsRead - location to store number of words read, or
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store number
  */
-export declare const utf16ToUcs4: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number> | null, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number;
+export declare const utf16ToUcs4: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number>, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => number;
 /**
  * Convert a string from UTF-16 to UTF-8.
  *
@@ -7084,7 +7084,7 @@ export declare const utf16ToUcs4: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<n
  * @param itemsRead - location to store number of words read, or
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store number
  */
-export declare const utf16ToUtf8: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number> | null, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => string;
+export declare const utf16ToUtf8: (str: number[], len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number>, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => string;
 /**
  * Converts a string into a form that is independent of case. The
  * result will not correspond to any particular case, but can be
@@ -7168,7 +7168,7 @@ export declare const utf8CollateKeyForFilename: (str: string, len: number) => st
  * @param p - a pointer to a position within a UTF-8 encoded string
  * @param end - a pointer to the byte following the end of the string,
  */
-export declare const utf8FindNextChar: (p: string, end?: string | null) => string | null;
+export declare const utf8FindNextChar: (p: string, end?: string) => string | null;
 /**
  * Given a position `p` with a UTF-8 encoded string @str, find the start
  * of the previous UTF-8 character starting before @p. Returns `NULL` if no
@@ -7391,7 +7391,7 @@ export declare const utf8Substring: (str: string, startPos: number, endPos: numb
  * @param itemsRead - location to store number of
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store number
  */
-export declare const utf8ToUcs4: (str: string, len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number> | null, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number;
+export declare const utf8ToUcs4: (str: string, len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number>, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => number;
 /**
  * Convert a string from UTF-8 to a 32-bit fixed width
  * representation as UCS-4, assuming valid UTF-8 input.
@@ -7403,7 +7403,7 @@ export declare const utf8ToUcs4: (str: string, len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<numb
  * @param len - the maximum length of `str` to use, in bytes. If `len` is negative,
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store the
  */
-export declare const utf8ToUcs4Fast: (str: string, len: number, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number;
+export declare const utf8ToUcs4Fast: (str: string, len: number, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => number;
 /**
  * Convert a string from UTF-8 to UTF-16.
  *
@@ -7413,7 +7413,7 @@ export declare const utf8ToUcs4Fast: (str: string, len: number, itemsWritten?: R
  * @param itemsRead - location to store number of bytes read, or
  * @param itemsWritten - location to store number
  */
-export declare const utf8ToUtf16: (str: string, len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number> | null, itemsWritten?: Ref<number> | null) => number;
+export declare const utf8ToUtf16: (str: string, len: number, itemsRead?: Ref<number>, itemsWritten?: Ref<number>) => number;
 /**
  * Cuts off the middle of the string, preserving half of `truncate_length` characters at the beginning and half at the end.
  *
@@ -7445,7 +7445,7 @@ export declare const utf8TruncateMiddle: (string: string, truncateLength: number
  * @param maxLen - max bytes to validate, or `-1` to go until nul
  * @param end - return location for end of valid data
  */
-export declare const utf8Validate: (str: number[], maxLen: number, end?: Ref<number[]> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const utf8Validate: (str: number[], maxLen: number, end?: Ref<number[]>) => boolean;
 /**
  * Validates UTF-8 encoded text.
  *
@@ -7455,7 +7455,7 @@ export declare const utf8Validate: (str: number[], maxLen: number, end?: Ref<num
  * @param maxLen - max bytes to validate
  * @param end - return location for end of valid data
  */
-export declare const utf8ValidateLen: (str: number[], maxLen: number, end?: Ref<number[]> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const utf8ValidateLen: (str: number[], maxLen: number, end?: Ref<number[]>) => boolean;
 /**
  * A wrapper for the POSIX utime() function. The utime() function
  * sets the access and modification timestamps of a file.
@@ -7465,7 +7465,7 @@ export declare const utf8ValidateLen: (str: number[], maxLen: number, end?: Ref<
  * @param filename - a pathname in the GLib file name encoding
  * @param utb - a pointer to a struct utimbuf.
  */
-export declare const utime: (filename: string, utb?: number | null) => number;
+export declare const utime: (filename: string, utb?: number) => number;
 /**
  * Parses the string `str` and verify if it is a UUID.
  *
@@ -7549,7 +7549,7 @@ export declare const variantIsSignature: (string: string) => boolean;
  * @param limit - a pointer to the end of @text, or %NULL
  * @param endptr - a location to store the end pointer, or %NULL
  */
-export declare const variantParse: (text: string, type?: VariantType | null, limit?: string | null, endptr?: string | null) => Variant;
+export declare const variantParse: (text: string, type?: VariantType, limit?: string, endptr?: string) => Variant;
 /**
  * Pretty-prints a message showing the context of a #GVariant parse
  * error within the string for which parsing was attempted.
@@ -7619,4 +7619,4 @@ export declare const variantTypeStringIsValid: (typeString: string) => boolean;
  * @param limit - the end of @string
  * @param endptr - location to store the end pointer
  */
-export declare const variantTypeStringScan: (string: string, limit?: string | null, endptr?: Ref<string> | null) => boolean;
+export declare const variantTypeStringScan: (string: string, limit?: string, endptr?: Ref<string>) => boolean;