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+(** an abstract representation of an encoded value *)
+type t
+
+(* TODO: see the comments on Backend.Storage.LMDB *)
+
+(** create a blob from the data represented by bytes *)
+val blob_of_bytes : bytes -> t
+
+(** return a bytes containing the data underlying a blob *)
+val bytes_of_blob : t -> bytes
+
+val create : int -> t
+
+val set : t -> int -> char -> unit
+
+val set_int64_be : t -> int -> int64 -> unit
+
+val blit_string : string -> int -> t -> int -> int -> unit
+
+val length : t -> int
+
+val get : t -> int -> char
+
+val sub_string : t -> int -> int -> string
+
+val get_int64_be : t -> int -> int64