When nothing comes in RxJS

RxJS interview exercise on Errors & completion, difficulty 2 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example, or cold in Interview mode with the example hidden; the tests run the moment you do.

Write requireSome(source$), which errors with the message "No values" when the source completes without emitting, and orDefault(source$, value), which emits `value` in that case. Sources that emit are passed through unchanged.

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