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# cython: c_string_type=unicode, c_string_encoding=utf8
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cdef char* c_string = 'abcdefg'
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# implicit decoding:
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cdef object py_unicode_object = c_string
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# explicit conversion to Python bytes:
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py_bytes_object = <bytes>c_string
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