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+# Copyright 2016 gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from libc cimport stdlib
+
+cdef extern from "grpc_tools/main.h":
+  int protoc_main(int argc, char *argv[])
+
+def run_main(list args not None):
+  cdef char **argv = <char **>stdlib.malloc(len(args)*sizeof(char *))
+  for i in range(len(args)):
+    argv[i] = args[i]
+  return protoc_main(len(args), argv)