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+import { merge as mergeStatic } from '../observable/merge';
+import { Observable } from '../Observable';
+import { ObservableInput, OperatorFunction, MonoTypeOperatorFunction, SchedulerLike } from '../types';
+
+/* tslint:disable:max-line-length */
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T>(scheduler?: SchedulerLike): MonoTypeOperatorFunction<T>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T>(concurrent?: number, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): MonoTypeOperatorFunction<T>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, concurrent?: number, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, concurrent?: number, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3, T4>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, v4: ObservableInput<T4>, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3 | T4>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3, T4>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, v4: ObservableInput<T4>, concurrent?: number, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3 | T4>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3, T4, T5>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, v4: ObservableInput<T4>, v5: ObservableInput<T5>, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3, T4, T5>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, v4: ObservableInput<T4>, v5: ObservableInput<T5>, concurrent?: number, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, v4: ObservableInput<T4>, v5: ObservableInput<T5>, v6: ObservableInput<T6>, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>(v2: ObservableInput<T2>, v3: ObservableInput<T3>, v4: ObservableInput<T4>, v5: ObservableInput<T5>, v6: ObservableInput<T6>, concurrent?: number, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): OperatorFunction<T, T | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T>(...observables: Array<ObservableInput<T> | SchedulerLike | number>): MonoTypeOperatorFunction<T>;
+/** @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static merge. */
+export function merge<T, R>(...observables: Array<ObservableInput<any> | SchedulerLike | number>): OperatorFunction<T, R>;
+/* tslint:enable:max-line-length */
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Deprecated in favor of static {@link merge}.
+ */
+export function merge<T, R>(...observables: Array<ObservableInput<any> | SchedulerLike | number>): OperatorFunction<T, R> {
+ return (source: Observable<T>) => source.lift.call(mergeStatic(source, ...observables));
+}