/**
 * Comment-range scanning for SSJS/JS source text.
 * String literals are skipped so their content is never misidentified as a comment opener.
 */
/**
 * Returns [start, end) character ranges of every comment in the source.
 * @param source - Source text to scan.
 * @returns Array of [start, end) offset pairs for each comment range.
 */
export declare function buildCommentRanges(source: string): Array<[number, number]>;
/**
 * Returns true when `index` falls within any of the given comment ranges.
 * @param index - Character offset to test.
 * @param ranges - Sorted comment ranges from `buildCommentRanges`.
 * @returns True if the offset is inside a comment.
 */
export declare function isInCommentRange(index: number, ranges: Array<[number, number]>): boolean;
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