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+Add `PyBackedStr` and `PyBackedBytes`, as alternatives to `&str` and `&bytes` where a Python object owns the data.
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+//! Contains types for working with Python objects that own the underlying data.
+
 use std::{ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
 
 use crate::{