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+#ifndef UNICODE_UTIL_H
+#define UNICODE_UTIL_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <gmodule.h>
+
+/* The utf8 encoded string would tokenize as a single word, according
+ * to xapian. */
+bool unicode_word_utf8 (const char *str);
+typedef gunichar notmuch_unichar;
+
+#endif