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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def from_json(buffer):
 """Creates an index from a JSON string."""

        buffer = to_bytes(buffer)
        return Index._from_ptr(rustcall(
            _lib.lsm_index_from_json,
            buffer, len(buffer)))