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+# a python safetensors serializer modified from https://github.com/huggingface/safetensors/blob/41bd1acf38ad28ac559522d40596c6c802f79453/safetensors/src/tensor.rs#L214
+import json
+from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+
+import torch
+from safetensors.torch import _TYPES
+
+_TYPES_INV = {v: k for k, v in _TYPES.items()}
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TensorInfo:
+    dtype: str
+    shape: List[int]
+    data_offsets: Tuple[int, int]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class PreparedData:
+    n: int
+    header_bytes: bytes
+    offset: int
+
+
+def prepare(data: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> Tuple[PreparedData, List[torch.Tensor]]:
+    sorted_data = sorted(data.items(), key=lambda x: (x[1].dtype, x[0]))
+
+    tensors = []
+    metadata = {}
+    offset = 0
+
+    for name, tensor in sorted_data:
+        n = tensor.numel() * tensor.element_size()
+        tensor_info = TensorInfo(
+            dtype=_TYPES_INV[tensor.dtype], shape=list(tensor.shape), data_offsets=(offset, offset + n)
+        )
+        offset += n
+        metadata[name] = asdict(tensor_info)
+        tensors.append(tensor)
+
+    metadata_buf = json.dumps(metadata).encode("utf-8")
+
+    extra = (8 - len(metadata_buf) % 8) % 8
+    metadata_buf += b" " * extra
+
+    n = len(metadata_buf)
+
+    return PreparedData(n=n, header_bytes=metadata_buf, offset=offset), tensors