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+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+
+using namespace boost;
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+  constexpr size_t k_BufSizeBytes = 20;
+
+  auto buf = make_unique<char[]>(k_BufSizeBytes);
+
+  asio::mutable_buffers_1 input_buf = asio::buffer(static_cast<void*>(buf.get()), k_BufSizeBytes);
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}