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+# define a global name for whatever char type is used in the module
+ctypedef unsigned char char_type
+
+cdef char_type[:] _chars(s):
+ if isinstance(s, unicode):
+ # encode to the specific encoding used inside of the module
+ s = (<unicode>s).encode('utf8')
+ return s