diff --git a/src/stdune/bytes.mli b/src/stdune/bytes.mli
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+include module type of StdLabels.Bytes with type t = StdLabels.Bytes.t
+
+val blit_string
+  :  src:string
+  -> src_pos:int
+  -> dst:t
+  -> dst_pos:int
+  -> len:int
+  -> unit