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+// Copyright 2018-2022 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+pub(crate) type AtomicPtr<T> = *mut T;
+#[allow(unused)]
+pub(crate) struct RawBytes {
+  ptr: *const u8,
+  len: usize,
+  // inlined "trait object"
+  data: AtomicPtr<()>,
+  vtable: &'static Vtable,
+}
+
+impl RawBytes {
+  pub fn new_raw(
+    ptr: *const u8,
+    len: usize,
+    data: AtomicPtr<()>,
+    vtable: &'static Vtable,
+  ) -> bytes::Bytes {
+    RawBytes {
+      ptr,
+      len,
+      data,
+      vtable,
+    }
+    .into()
+  }
+}
+
+#[allow(unused)]
+pub(crate) struct Vtable {
+  /// fn(data, ptr, len)
+  pub clone: unsafe fn(&AtomicPtr<()>, *const u8, usize) -> bytes::Bytes,
+  /// fn(data, ptr, len)
+  pub drop: unsafe fn(&mut AtomicPtr<()>, *const u8, usize),
+}
+
+impl From<RawBytes> for bytes::Bytes {
+  fn from(b: RawBytes) -> Self {
+    // SAFETY: RawBytes has the same layout as bytes::Bytes
+    // this is tested below, both are composed of usize-d ptrs/values
+    // thus aren't currently subject to rust's field re-ordering to minimize padding
+    unsafe { std::mem::transmute(b) }
+  }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use super::*;
+  use std::mem;
+
+  const HELLO: &str = "hello";
+
+  // ===== impl StaticVtable =====
+
+  const STATIC_VTABLE: Vtable = Vtable {
+    clone: static_clone,
+    drop: static_drop,
+  };
+
+  unsafe fn static_clone(
+    _: &AtomicPtr<()>,
+    ptr: *const u8,
+    len: usize,
+  ) -> bytes::Bytes {
+    from_static(std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, len)).into()
+  }
+
+  unsafe fn static_drop(_: &mut AtomicPtr<()>, _: *const u8, _: usize) {
+    // nothing to drop for &'static [u8]
+  }
+
+  fn from_static(bytes: &'static [u8]) -> RawBytes {
+    RawBytes {
+      ptr: bytes.as_ptr(),
+      len: bytes.len(),
+      data: std::ptr::null_mut(),
+      vtable: &STATIC_VTABLE,
+    }
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn bytes_identity() {
+    let b1: bytes::Bytes = from_static(HELLO.as_bytes()).into();
+    let b2 = bytes::Bytes::from_static(HELLO.as_bytes());
+    assert_eq!(b1, b2); // Values are equal
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn bytes_layout() {
+    let u1: [usize; 4] =
+      unsafe { mem::transmute(from_static(HELLO.as_bytes())) };
+    let u2: [usize; 4] =
+      unsafe { mem::transmute(bytes::Bytes::from_static(HELLO.as_bytes())) };
+    assert_eq!(u1[..3], u2[..3]); // Struct bytes are equal besides Vtables
+  }
+}