I am trying to get to the WANTED type from the definition of columns.

declare class ColumnDefinition<T, R extends boolean = false, N extends string = string> {
    typeValidator: (v: unknown) => v is T;
    required: R;
    name: N;
};

type columns = [
    ColumnDefinition<number, true, 'ID'>,
    ColumnDefinition<string, true, 'text'>,
    ColumnDefinition<boolean, false, 'bool'>,
    ColumnDefinition<bigint, false, 'bigint'>,
];

type WANTED = {
    ID: number;
    text: string;
    bool?: boolean | undefined;
    biging?: bigint | undefined;
};

I tried to look for TupleFilter methods, but they all seem to break when defining the recursive part.

type FilterColumns<
    Required extends boolean,
    COLUMNS extends readonly ColumnDefinition<any, boolean, any>[],
> = COLUMNS extends readonly [infer L, ...infer Rest]
    ? L extends ColumnDefinition<any, Required>
        ? [L, ...FilterColumns<Required, Rest>]
        : FilterColumns<Required, Rest>
    : [];

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In the code above specifically FilterColumns<Required, Rest> the Rest is highlighted and tells that unknown[] is not assignable to readonly ColumnDefinition<any, boolean, any>[].

1. Why is Rest defined as unknown[] instead of ColumnDefinition<number, boolean, any>[]?
2. How to fix this?
3. (Bonus) If any bright mind has a solution to get the resulting object, it would be perfect!

PS: The FilterColumns type does work, but the compiler is not happy about it…

Bonus part:

Given the above definition for columns, I wanted to create this object. I

// My closest attempt so far
type Result<Cols extends readonly ColumnDefinition<any, any>[]> = {
    [I in keyof FilterColumns<true, Cols>]: {
        [N in ColumnName<FilterColumns<true, Cols>[I]>]: ColumnType<FilterColumns<true, Cols>[I]>;
    };
}[number] & {
    [I in keyof FilterColumns<true, Cols>]: {
        [N in ColumnName<FilterColumns<false, Cols>[I]>]?: ColumnType<FilterColumns<false, Cols>[I]>;
    };
}[number];

type RES = {
    ID: number | string;
    text: number | string;
} & {
    bool?: boolean| bigint | undefined;
    biting?: boolean| bigint | undefined;
}

My attempt seems like a lot of work for the compiler… hopefully, some bright mind might be able to provide a better idea of how to tackle the task at hand…