/** One step in a path: a string selects an object member, a non-negative integer
 *  selects an array index. The variadic `path` args of `get`/`has`/`hop`/`iter`
 *  are sequences of these. */
export type Segment = string | number;
/** A location in a document, as the sequence of {@link Segment}s from the root.
 *  Carried by every {@link BoteError} (as `path`) to mark where a fault occurred. */
export type Path = readonly Segment[];
/** Upper bound on numeric segments (napi takes them as `u32`). 2^32 - 1
 *  comfortably covers any in-memory JSON array. */
export declare const MAX_ARRAY_INDEX = 4294967295;
export declare function validatePath(path: readonly unknown[]): asserts path is readonly Segment[];
/** Render a {@link Path} as a readable JS-accessor string for logging or error
 *  messages, e.g. `['users', 0, 'first name']` -> `users[0]["first name"]`. The
 *  empty path renders as `(root)`. */
export declare function formatPath(path: Path): string;