/**
 * @file Plain string comparison. The straight-ASCII three-way compare, no
 *   locale/numeric awareness — use `localeCompare` / `naturalCompare` from the
 *   sibling files when those matter.
 */
/**
 * Simple string comparison.
 *
 * @example
 *   ;```typescript
 *   compareStr('a', 'b') // -1
 *   compareStr('b', 'a') // 1
 *   compareStr('a', 'a') // 0
 *   ```
 */
export declare function compareStr(a: string, b: string): number;
