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+[submodule "third_party/aya"]
+	path = third_party/aya
+	url = https://github.com/aya-rs/aya
+	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/third_party/aya b/third_party/aya
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+Subproject commit 53d36a3fe04b6828568603bfcfd9a588418abb1b