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+pub external type Atom;
+
+pub enum AtomNotLoaded =
+  | AtomNotLoaded
+
+pub external fn from_string(String) -> Result(Atom, AtomNotLoaded) =
+  "gleam__stdlib" "atom_from_string";
+
+// This function can create a new atom if one does not already exist for
+// the given string. Atoms are not garbage collected so this can result
+// in a memory leak if called over time on new values
+//
+pub external fn create_from_string(String) -> Atom =
+  "gleam__stdlib" "atom_create_from_string";
+
+pub external fn to_string(Atom) -> String =
+  "gleam__stdlib" "atom_to_string";