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+/**
+ * Empty package to avoid unresolved reference errors in bitwiseOp tests
+ * (e.g. external_codegen_box_binaryOp/bitwiseOp.kt).
+ * Byte/Short bitwise operations are supported in Kotlin Native by default.
+ */
+
+package kotlin.experimental
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