// A zlib class alias owns no runtime value: construction, instanceof, // typeof and .name compile, other uses report at the use. instanceof on // an untyped operand reports as well. import * as zlib from "node:zlib"; const Gz = zlib.Gzip; const classes = [Gz]; console.log(classes.length); const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse("{}"); console.log(parsed instanceof Gz);