/**
 * Order two strings by Unicode code point, the way Python's `sorted` does.
 *
 * JavaScript's default comparator compares UTF-16 code *units*. Astral
 * characters (U+10000 and up) are stored as a surrogate pair in
 * 0xD800-0xDFFF, so they sort before every BMP character from U+E000 up —
 * while Python puts them after. A directory holding `\u{1F600}.txt` and a
 * U+E000 name therefore lists in opposite orders across the two trees, and
 * any listing compared against a shared integ truth file diverges. See
 * issue #370.
 *
 * There is no Python counterpart because `sorted()` is already code-point
 * ordered; this is the module that makes TypeScript agree with it. Use it
 * for anything a user can see the order of. eslint bans the zero-argument
 * default comparator outright so it cannot creep back.
 */
export declare function compareCodePoints(a: string, b: string): number;
/**
 * Sort a copy of `items` by code point.
 *
 * The copy is the point: sorting in place mutates, and most callers here
 * are handing back a list they do not own.
 */
export declare function sortedByCodePoints(items: Iterable<string>): string[];
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