chore: use canonical format for JSDoc union types

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Author: Planeshifter

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/repl-txt/rules/resolvable-aliases/lib/main.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function countLines( str ) {
 *
 * @private
 * @param {string} pkg - package path
-* @returns {string|null} package alias
+* @returns {(string|null)} package alias
 */
 function pkg2alias( pkg ) {
 	var i;

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scaffold/test-validate-js/test/fixtures/validate.js_3.txt

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var format = require( '@stdlib/string/format' );
 * @param {(Buffer|string)} [options.html] - HTML content to serve
 * @param {(Buffer|string)} [options.javascript] - JavaScript script to serve
 * @param {boolean} [options.open] - indicates whether to launch a web browser
-* @returns {Error|null} error or null
+* @returns {(Error|null)} error or null
 *
 * @example
 * var options = {

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/fs/resolve-parent-paths/lib/sync.js

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function all( paths, dir ) {
 * @private
 * @param {Array<string>} paths - paths to resolve
 * @param {string} dir - base directory
-* @returns {Array<string|null>} resolved paths
+* @returns {Array<(string|null)>} resolved paths
 */
 function each( paths, dir ) {
 	var count;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ function each( paths, dir ) {
 * @throws {TypeError} first argument must be an array of strings
 * @throws {TypeError} options argument must be an object
 * @throws {TypeError} must provide valid options
-* @returns {Array<string|null>} resolved paths
+* @returns {Array<(string|null)>} resolved paths
 *
 * @example
 * var paths = resolveParentPaths( [ 'package.json', 'package-lock.json' ] );

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/library-manifest/lib/validate.js

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var hasOwnProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
 * @param {Options} options - function options
 * @param {string} [options.basedir] - base search directory
 * @param {string} [options.paths] - path convention
-* @returns {Error|null} error or null
+* @returns {(Error|null)} error or null
 *
 * @example
 * var options = {

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/parse-ndjson/lib/main.js

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var reEOL = require( '@stdlib/regexp/eol' );
 * @param {Function} [reviver] - transformation function applied to each line
 * @throws {TypeError} first argument must be a string
 * @throws {TypeError} reviver must be a function
-* @returns {Array|Error} array of parsed values or an error
+* @returns {(Array|Error)} array of parsed values or an error
 *
 * @example
 * var out = parseNDJSON( '{"name":"John"}\n{"name":"Doe"}' );

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/try-function/lib/main.js

@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ function wrap( fcn, thisArg ) {
 	*
 	* @private
 	* @param {...*} [args] - function arguments
-	* @returns {*|Error} returned value or an error object
+	* @returns {(*|Error)} returned value or an error object
 	*/
 	function wrapped() {
 		var args;
 		var len;
 		var i;
 
 		len = arguments.length;
-		args = new Array( len );
+		args = [];
 		for ( i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {
-			args[ i ] = arguments[ i ];
+			args.push( arguments[ i ] );
 		}
 		try {
 			return fcn.apply( ctx, args );

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/try-require/lib/main.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var isError = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-error' );
 * Wraps `require` in a try/catch block.
 *
 * @param {string} id - module id
-* @returns {*|Error} `module.exports` of the resolved module or an error
+* @returns {(*|Error)} `module.exports` of the resolved module or an error
 *
 * @example
 * var out = tryRequire( 'beepboop' );