# Bytes
A utility library for working with bytes.
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[Documentation](https://docs.rs/bytes)
## Usage
To use `bytes`, first add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
bytes = "1"
```
Next, add this to your crate:
```rust
use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, Buf, BufMut};
```
## Serde support
Serde support is optional and disabled by default. To enable use the feature `serde`.
```toml
[dependencies]
bytes = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
```
## License
This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in `bytes` by you, shall be licensed as MIT, without any additional
terms or conditions.