catenation 0.1.0

package/LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 catenation contributors
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+
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+
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+SOFTWARE.

package/README.md

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+# catenation
+
+Lazily concatenate arrays, sets, strings, and generators without copying their contents. No dependencies.
+
+```sh
+npm install catenation
+```
+
+```js
+const {catenate} = require('catenation');
+
+// consume sources in order without building an intermediate array.
+for (const value of catenate([1, 2], new Set([3, 4]))) {
+  console.log(value);
+}
+```
+
+ES modules can use `import {catenate} from 'catenation'`.
+
+`catenate(...sources)` returns a single-use generator. Sources must be synchronous iterables; invalid arguments throw immediately. No sources produce an empty iterator. Strings yield Unicode code points. Nested arrays remain intact: this concatenates sources, rather than recursively flattening values.
+
+Values are read only when requested, so mutations before consumption are visible. Infinite sources are supported, but later sources are reached only after earlier ones finish. Breaking out of a `for...of` loop closes the active source iterator; sources not yet reached are never opened. Source errors propagate to the consumer.
+
+Requires Node.js 20 or later. TypeScript declarations are included. Run `npm test` from the source directory to check behavior.
+
+MIT licensed.

package/index.cjs

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+'use strict';
+
+// validate sources without consuming them, then yield each one in order.
+function catenate(...sources) {
+  for (const source of sources) {
+    if (source == null || typeof source[Symbol.iterator] !== 'function') {
+      throw new TypeError('each source must be a synchronous iterable');
+    }
+  }
+
+  // delegation also closes the active iterator when the caller stops early.
+  return (function* () {
+    for (const source of sources) yield* source;
+  })();
+}
+
+exports.catenate = catenate;

package/index.d.ts

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+/** lazily yield the contents of each synchronous iterable in order. */
+export function catenate<T>(...sources: Iterable<T>[]): Generator<T, void, unknown>;

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "catenation",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Lazily concatenate synchronous iterables without copying their contents.",
+  "main": "index.cjs",
+  "types": "index.d.ts",
+  "files": ["index.cjs", "index.d.ts"],
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node --test test.cjs",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm test"
+  },
+  "keywords": ["iterable", "iterator", "concat", "generator", "lazy"],
+  "engines": {"node": ">=20"},
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "publishConfig": {"access": "public", "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"}
+}