interface Stringable {
    toString(): string;
    safeInHTML?: boolean;
}
export { Stringable };
export declare type EachIterator<T> = (value: T, key: number) => Stringable;
export declare type StringFunction = () => Stringable;
/**
 * Turns HTML-sensitive characters into HTML entities
 * Escapes all of &><"'`
 */
export declare function escapeHTML(str: string): string;
/**
 * An HTML snippet that's escaped by default.
 * Embedded instances of $html will not be extra-escaped.
 * Use $${"data"} to skip escaping of an input.
 */
export declare function $html(literalSections: any, ...substs: any[]): Stringable;
/**
 * Executes the given string or function a given number of times.
 */
export declare function $times(count: number, method: Function | Stringable): Stringable;
/**
 * Maps a list of values using the given function or string.
 */
export declare function $map<T>(collection: T[], method: EachIterator<T> | Stringable): Stringable[];
/**
 * Maps all values of the collection using $map, then joins the array.
 * Use `$map` to get an array.
 */
export declare function $each<T>(collection: T[], method: EachIterator<T> | Stringable): Stringable;
/**
 * Joins together a list of values and attempts to preserve safeInHTML if all values are.
 */
export declare function $join<T>(collection: T[]): Stringable;
/**
 * Calls the given function with the given object as a parameter.
 * Useful for aliasing a value to a shorter name in a template.
 */
export declare function $alias<T>(object: T, method: (v: T) => Stringable): Stringable;
/**
 * Executes the function or string only if the condition given is truthy.
 */
export declare function $if(condition: any, method: StringFunction | Stringable, other?: StringFunction | Stringable): Stringable;