/** A rewritten copy of the text plus the map back to the original. */
export interface Normalized {
    /** The text to run patterns against. */
    readonly text: string;
    /** `starts[i]` — where character `i` began in the original. */
    readonly starts: readonly number[];
    /** `ends[i]` — where the original slice behind character `i` ended. */
    readonly ends: readonly number[];
}
/**
 * Rewrites `text` for matching, or returns `null` when there is nothing to do —
 * which is the common case, and lets the filter skip the whole mechanism.
 */
export declare function normalizeForMatching(text: string): Normalized | null;
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