String case change methods should return intrinsic string manipulation types

lib Update Request

Configuration Check

My compilation target is ES2018 and my lib is ["ES2016", "dom"].

Missing / Incorrect Imprecise Definitions

At least toUpperCase and toLowerCase methods on String, maybe/probably also the Locale versions?

Sample Code

type LittleT = "t" | "tt";
type BigT = Uppercase<LittleT>;
declare const smol: LittleT;
const big: BigT = smol.toUpperCase(); // err, string is not assignable to "T" | "TT

Documentation Link

https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-string.prototype.tolowercase

Note

I'm not sure about the Locale versions of these methods because I don't know what algorithm the "intrinsic" Uppercase<T> / Lowercase<T> helper types are required to follow. (Do we need separate LocaleUppercase / LocaleLowercase helpers?)

Also worth mentioning: I think what I'm looking for is a return type of e.g. Uppercase<this>, which shouldn't have an impact on non-literal string types because Uppercase<string> is just string.

Start with the ES2016 library declarations for String and the existing Uppercase and Lowercase intrinsic types. Check the sample against the requested return types, then investigate whether the locale variants require separate handling; done means the literal-string case is represented without changing the behavior of string.