/**
 * The geometry two routes share: whether one is strictly more specific than the
 * other, and the concrete path both would match when neither is. D90 R19(c)'s
 * rule that a route's *shape* has one definition lives in `route-shape.ts`;
 * this is the finer question the overlap referee asks once two shapes differ,
 * and it is pure — it reads paths and answers, and knows nothing about the
 * analyzer that asks.
 */
type RouteSegment = {
    readonly literal: string;
} | {
    readonly capture: string;
    readonly captureType: string;
};
export declare function routeSegments(path: string): readonly RouteSegment[];
export declare function routeSharedPath(left: readonly RouteSegment[], right: readonly RouteSegment[]): string | null;
export declare function routeSpecificityDecides(left: readonly RouteSegment[], right: readonly RouteSegment[]): boolean;
export {};
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