Migrate utility/replace.js to typescript

Author: matux

src/utility/replace.js

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+/**
+ * Replace a property of an object with a new function
+ * @param obj The object containing the property to replace
+ * @param name The name of the property to replace
+ * @param replacement A function that takes the original value and returns the replacement
+ * @param replacements Optional object to store replacement history
+ * @param type Optional string indicating the type of replacement
+ */
+function replace(
+  obj: Record<string, any>, 
+  name: string, 
+  replacement: (orig: any) => any, 
+  replacements?: { [key: string]: Array<[Record<string, any>, string, any]> },
+  type?: string
+): void {
+  const orig = obj[name];
+  obj[name] = replacement(orig);
+  if (replacements && type) {
+    replacements[type].push([obj, name, orig]);
+  }
+}
+
+export = replace;