import type { TokenRange } from '../core.js';
import type { Pattern } from './patterns.js';
export declare const cComments: RegExp;
export declare const quotedStrings: RegExp;
export declare const doubleStrings: RegExp;
export type SimpleLanguageOptions<Name extends string = string> = {
    name: Name;
    aliases?: ReadonlyArray<string>;
    comments: RegExp;
    strings: RegExp;
    keywords?: string;
    literals?: string;
    types?: string;
    insensitive?: boolean;
    wordCharacters?: string;
    nestedComments?: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]>;
    beforeWords?: ReadonlyArray<Pattern>;
    rules?: ReadonlyArray<Pattern>;
    numberSuffix?: string;
    numbers?: RegExp | false;
};
export declare function simpleLanguage<const Name extends string>(options: SimpleLanguageOptions<Name>, wordPatterns?: WordPatterns, owned?: boolean): import("../core.js").LanguageDefinition<Name>;
export declare function createSimpleTokenizer(options: SimpleLanguageOptions, wordPatterns?: WordPatterns, owned?: boolean): (code: string) => TokenRange[];
export declare function wordCategories(options: SimpleLanguageOptions): readonly [readonly ["keyword", string | undefined], readonly ["literal", string | undefined], readonly ["type", string | undefined]];
type WordPatterns = (options: SimpleLanguageOptions, flags: string, wordCharacters: string) => ReadonlyArray<Pattern>;
export {};