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+**Added:** None
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+**Changed:** None
+- In `src/pyne.h`, replace a macro `isnan()` with `using std::isnan`, as the former has led to undesired macro expansion in Boost header files.
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+**Deprecated:** None
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+**Removed:**
+- A duplicate `using std::list` in `src/hdf5_back.cc.in`, which triggers compiler errors with some GCC versions.
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+**Fixed:** None
+- Issue #1312
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+**Security:** None