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+
+const c = @import("c");
+const zpy = @import("root.zig");
+
+pub const Str = extern struct {
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    data: c.PyObject,
+
+    pub fn fromString(buffer: []const u8) *Self {
+        return @ptrCast(c.PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(@ptrCast(buffer), @intCast(buffer.len)));
+    }
+
+    pub fn asUtf8(self: *Self) ![]const u8 {
+        var size: c.Py_ssize_t = undefined;
+        const string: [*]const u8 = c.PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(@ptrCast(self), &size);
+
+        if (size == -1) return error.Exception;
+
+        return string[0..@as(usize, @intCast(size))];
+    }
+
+    pub fn asObject(self: *Self) *zpy.Object {
+        return @ptrCast(self);
+    }
+};