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diff --git a/lib/ocaml_rts/linksem/byte_sequence_wrapper.ml b/lib/ocaml_rts/linksem/byte_sequence_wrapper.ml
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+++ b/lib/ocaml_rts/linksem/byte_sequence_wrapper.ml
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+open Big_int
+
+open Error
+
+let acquire_char_list (fname : string) =
+  let char_list = ref [] in
+  try
+    let ic = open_in_bin fname in
+    while true do
+      let c = input_char ic in
+      let _ = char_list := c :: !char_list in
+        ()
+    done;
+    let _ = close_in ic in
+    Fail "acquire_char_list: the impossible happened"
+  with End_of_file ->
+    Success (List.rev !char_list)
+;;
+
+let serialise_char_list (fname : string) bytes =
+  let rec go oc bytes =
+    match bytes with
+      | []    -> ()
+      | x::xs -> output_char oc x; go oc xs
+  in
+    try
+      let oc = open_out_bin fname in
+      let _  = go oc bytes in
+      let _  = close_out oc in
+        Success ()
+    with _ ->
+      Fail "serialise_char_list: unable to open file for writing"
+;;
+\ No newline at end of file