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+# bchlib
+
+![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/bchlib.svg)
+
+High-level Rust bindings for BCH encoding/decoding library, based on the [bch_codec](https://github.com/mborgerding/bch_codec) fork.
+
+The lower level library can be found at: https://github.com/yuvadm/bchlib-sys
+
+## Usage
+
+Add the library to your `Cargo.toml`:
+
+```
+[dependencies]
+bchlib = "0.1.0"
+```
+
+## Build
+
+The usual:
+
+```bash
+$ cargo build
+$ cargo test
+```
+
+## License
+
+[GPLv2](LICENSE.md)