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 An immutable byte slice that may be inlined, and can be partially cloned without heap allocation.
 
+Think of it as a specialized `Arc<[u8]>` that can be inlined (skip allocation for small values) and no weak count.
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 ![Memory layout](./byteview.png)
 
 `byteview` was designed to speed up deserialization in `lsm-tree`, allow inlining of small values and reduce memory usage compared to Arc'd slices.
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 ```bash
 cargo +nightly fuzz run fuzz_target_1
-```
+```