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+from libc.stdint cimport uint32_t, uint8_t
+from std_memory cimport shared_ptr
+
+cdef extern from "rocksdb/statistics.h" namespace "rocksdb":
+    ctypedef enum StatsLevel:
+        kExceptHistogramOrTimers
+        kExceptTimers
+        kExceptDetailedTimers
+        kExceptTimeForMutex
+        kAll
+
+    cdef cppclass Statistics:
+        void set_stats_level(StatsLevel) nogil except+