Merge cpp backend into master

[mreso]

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• pytest test/pytest/test_cpp_backend.py

============================================================================================================ test session starts =============================================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.10.13, pytest-7.3.1, pluggy-1.0.0
rootdir: /home/ubuntu/serve
plugins: mock-3.10.0, cov-4.1.0
collected 1 item

test/pytest/test_cpp_backend.py .                                                                                                                                                                                                      [100%]

============================================================================================================= 1 passed in 5.86s ==============================================================================================================

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