/**
 * The order of top-level sections in a CloudFormation template, as documented
 * by AWS. Unlike everything nested below it, the root object follows this fixed
 * order rather than alphabetical sorting.
 *
 * This is the single place to read or amend the section order.
 *
 * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-anatomy.html
 */
export declare const TEMPLATE_SECTION_ORDER: readonly string[];
/**
 * Comparator for the keys of the root template object. Recognized sections are
 * ordered by their position in {@link TEMPLATE_SECTION_ORDER}; any unrecognized
 * key is placed after all recognized sections and sorted alphabetically among
 * the other unrecognized keys.
 */
export declare const compareTopLevelSections: import("./compare.ts").Comparator;