/** Sentinel: a key appeared in the text but its value was empty/cut-off (present-but-garbled). */
export declare const TRUNCATED: unique symbol;
/**
 * Sentinel: the JSON `null` literal. Distinct from a JS `null` return (which this reader uses
 * internally for "no token / garbled") and from the 4-char string "null". The extract phase maps
 * this to an actual null field value (JSON null → null), instead of letting the bare `null` literal
 * leak through as the text "null".
 */
export declare const NULL_LITERAL: unique symbol;
/** Parse a tolerant JSON object span into a forgiving record. Never throws. */
export declare function readJson(span: string | null | undefined): Record<string, unknown>;
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