Can you use the Type Assertion operator with generic types in TypeScript?

The question concerns TypeScript, but the module is specified as Golang, so I will clarify about TypeScript.

In TypeScript, the type assertion operator allows you to tell the compiler that an expression has a certain type. This is also possible with generics.

For example, if you have a generic function:

type Wrapper<T> = { value: T };

function unwrap<T>(wrapper: Wrapper<T>): T {
  return (wrapper as Wrapper<T>).value;
}

Here, as Wrapper<T> is a type assertion operator with a generic type.

However, it is important to understand that type assertion does not change the object at runtime, it only affects type checking during compilation.

Therefore, the type assertion operator can be used with generics in TypeScript without restrictions.