/**
 * @packageDocumentation
 *
 * Helpers for matching token names against pattern collections.
 */
export type TokenPattern = string | RegExp;
/**
 * Test whether a token name satisfies any pattern in the provided list.
 *
 * @param name - Token name to test.
 * @param patterns - Glob or regular expression patterns to match against.
 * @returns The original name when a pattern matches; otherwise `null`.
 */
export declare function matchToken(name: string, patterns: TokenPattern[]): string | null;
/**
 * Suggest the closest token name from a list of string patterns using Levenshtein distance.
 *
 * @param name - Token name to compare.
 * @param patterns - Candidate token names; non-string patterns are ignored.
 * @returns The closest matching token name or `null` if none.
 */
export declare function closestToken(name: string, patterns: TokenPattern[]): string | null;
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