2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/names.ml b/kernel/names.ml
index 1f138581cc..831b6ad46e 100644
--- a/kernel/names.ml
+++ b/kernel/names.ml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ struct
   | None -> true
   | Some _ -> false
 
+  let of_bytes s =
+    let s = Bytes.to_string s in
+    check_soft s;
+    String.hcons s
+
   let of_string s =
     let () = check_soft s in
     let s = String.copy s in
diff --git a/kernel/names.mli b/kernel/names.mli
index 6b0a80625b..be9b9422b7 100644
--- a/kernel/names.mli
+++ b/kernel/names.mli
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ sig
   (** Check that a string may be converted to an identifier.
   @raise Unicode.Unsupported if the provided string contains unsupported UTF-8 characters. *)
 
+  val of_bytes : bytes -> t
   val of_string : string -> t
   (** Converts a string into an identifier.
       @raise UserError if the string is not valid, or echo a warning if it contains invalid identifier characters.