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-# Tower gRPC examples
-
-Demonstrates how to use Tower gRPC clients and servers with code generation.
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-# tower-h2
-
-Tower `Service` abstractions for HTTP/2 and Rust.
-
-**This library is not production ready. Do not try to use it in a production
-environment or you will regret it!** This crate is still under active
-development and there has not yet been any focus on documentation (because you
-shouldn't be using it yet!).
-
-# License
-
-buoyant internal. not yet for distribution.
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