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				|  |  |    if 'win32' in sys.platform:
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				|  |  |      filename = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
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				|  |  |          'grpc._cython', '_windows/grpc_c.64.python')
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				|  |  | +    if not isinstance(filename, bytes):
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				|  |  | +      filename = filename.encode()
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				|  |  |      if not pygrpc_load_core(filename):
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				|  |  |        raise ImportError('failed to load core gRPC library')
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				|  |  |    if not pygrpc_initialize_core():
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