code: public Ast parse(byte[] serialized) throws ParseException
  	{
  		try {
  			return parse(new String(serialized, "utf-8"));
  		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
  			throw new ParseException(e.toString());
  		}
  	}
docs: Parse from a byte array (containing utf-8 encoded string with the Python literal expression in it)