/*!
 * Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 * Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project.
 */
import type { TableMetadata } from '@datashaper/schema';
import type ColumnTable from 'arquero/dist/types/table/column-table';
/**
 * Performs type inference and stats on a table/columns.
 * @param table -
 * @param detailed - include detailed per-column stats, otherwise just basic types
 * @returns
 */
export declare function introspect(table: ColumnTable, detailed?: boolean, 
/**
 * List of specific columns to compute, enabling incremental table updates
 */
columns?: string[]): TableMetadata;