/**
 * Gadgets to convert any field element to/from digits in some base.
 */
import { Field } from 'o1js';
import { DynamicArray } from './dynamic-array.ts';
import { DynamicString } from './dynamic-string.ts';
export { toDecimalString, toBaseBE, fromBaseBE };
/**
 * Computes the unique decimal string representation of `value`.
 *
 * You need to pass in the maximum supported number of digits `maxDigits`.
 *
 * The method costs about `10 * maxDigits` constraints.
 */
declare function toDecimalString(value: Field, maxDigits: number): DynamicString;
/**
 * Computes a variable-length digit representation of `value` in base `base`.
 *
 * Returns a `DynamicArray` that starts with the **most significant digit**.
 *
 * The method guarantees that:
 * - The most significant digit is non-zero (unless the value is zero)
 * - The dynamic length of the array equals the minimum number of digits needed to represent the value.
 * - The output digits are in the range `[0, base)`.
 *
 * You need to pass in the maximum supported number of digits `maxDigits`, and the cost
 * in terms of constraints linearly depends on this value.
 */
declare function toBaseBE(value: Field, base: number, maxDigits: number): DynamicArray<Field, bigint>;
/**
 * Recomputes the value from a variable-length digit representation in base `base`.
 *
 * Expects a `DynamicArray` that contains digits in big-endian order.
 *
 * Digits are _assumed_ (not proved) to be in the range `[0, base)` or a similarly
 * "small" range that guarantees that the digit sum doesn't wrap around the field.
 */
declare function fromBaseBE(digits: DynamicArray<Field>, base: number): Field;