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 ## Overview
 
 The `shared_buffer` classes are reference counted `std::byte` buffer classes useful for asynchronous networking. In particular, the Asio asynchronous networking library requires a buffer to be kept alive and valid until the outstanding IO operation (e.g. a network write) is completed. A straightforward and idiomatic way to achieve this is by using reference counted buffers.