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---
title: 'rOpenSci News Digest, November 2023'
author: 'The rOpenSci Team'
date: '2023-11-24'
tags:
- newsletter
slug: news-november-2023
description: Donate to rOpenSci, Web assembly and R-universe, package news and new packages
params:
last_newsletter: "2023-10-20"
---
```{r setup, include=FALSE}
library("magrittr")
library("rlang")
last_newsletter <- anytime::anytime(params$last_newsletter)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = FALSE)
url <- sprintf(
"/blog/%s/%s/%s/%s",
lubridate::year(rmarkdown::yaml_front_matter(knitr::current_input())$date),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::month(rmarkdown::yaml_front_matter(knitr::current_input())$date), 2, "0", side = "left"),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::day(rmarkdown::yaml_front_matter(knitr::current_input())$date), 2, "0", side = "left"),
rmarkdown::yaml_front_matter(knitr::current_input())$slug
)
english <- function(x) {
as.character(english::english(x))
}
nice_string <- function(...) {
if (length(...) == 2) {
return(paste(c(...), collapse = " and "))
}
glue::glue_collapse(..., sep = ", ", last = ", and ")
}
```
<!-- Before sending DELETE THE INDEX_CACHE and re-knit! -->
Dear rOpenSci friends, it's time for our monthly news roundup!
<!-- blabla -->
You can read this post [on our blog](`r url`).
Now let's dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci!
## rOpenSci HQ
### Giving season: consider donating to rOpenSci
This Giving Season consider donating to rOpenSci to support our mission of empowering Open Science.
Sustaining an open project with quality infrastructure freely accessible to the global and diverse community of R software users, research software developers, and engineers requires many different resources. Our organization’s ongoing costs are supported by grants and donations from individuals and organizations which share our vision and mission.
By supporting us, you’re not just donating; you’re contributing to a community that’s breaking down barriers, creating opportunities, and shaping the future of open and reproducible science for everyone.
Join us in this vital mission today! You can donate here: https://ropensci.org/donate/
### R-universe now builds WASM binaries for all R packages!
R-universe now builds WebAssembly binaries for all R packages for use in WebR applications such as shinylive.
Read more in our [tech note](/blog/2023/11/17/runiverse-wasm/).
### Recording of comm call [R in Government](/commcalls/oct2023-government/)
In this [community call](/commcalls/oct2023-government/), our panelists shared their experiences and examples of projects with R at different levels of government and in different countries.
With [Luíza Andrade](https://ropensci.org/author/lu%C3%ADza-andrade/), [Karly Harker](https://ropensci.org/author/karly-harker/), [Ahmadou Dicko](https://ropensci.org/author/ahmadou-dicko/), [Pablo Tiscornia](https://ropensci.org/author/pablo-tiscornia/).
### Coworking
Read [all about coworking](/blog/2023/06/21/coworking/) in our recent [post](/blog/2023/06/21/coworking/)!
Join us for social coworking & office hours monthly on first Tuesdays!
Hosted by Steffi LaZerte and various community hosts.
Everyone welcome.
No RSVP needed.
Consult our [Events](/events) page to find your local time and how to join.
- [Tuesday, December 5th, 9:00 Australian Western (01:00 UTC)](/events/coworking-2023-12/), Why won't it pass?! Troubleshooting R package checks. With community host [Adam Sparks](/author/adam-sparks/) and [Steffi LaZerte](/author/steffi-lazerte/).
- Explore what R package checks are and where they might fail;
- Spend some time troubleshooting your own failing package checks;
- Discuss tips and tricks for troubleshooting package checks with our community host and other attendees.
- [Tuesday, January 9th, 14:00 Europe Central (13:00 UTC)](/events/coworking-2024-01/), Working with APIs. With community host [Jon Harmon](/author/jon-harmon/) and [Steffi LaZerte](/author/steffi-lazerte/).
- Explore using APIs in your own work;
- Learn about packages that can help;
- Discuss using APIs in R with our community host and other attendees.
- [Tuesday, February 6th, 9:00 Americas Pacific (17:00 UTC)](/events/coworking-2024-02/), R-Universe Office Hours. With cohost [Jeroen Ooms](/author/jeroen-ooms/) and [Steffi LaZerte](/author/steffi-lazerte/).
- Explore what the [R-Universe](https://r-universe.dev/) has to offer;
- Create your own R-Universe;
- Ask questions or troubleshoot your R-Universe problems with the cohost and other attendees.
And remember, you can always cowork independently on work related to R, work on packages that tend to be neglected, or work on what ever you need to get done!
## Software :package:
### New packages
```{r new-packages, cache = TRUE}
cran_unquote <- function(string) {
gsub("\\'(.*?)\\'", "\\1", string)
}
tidy_package <- function(entry) {
tibble::tibble(
package = entry$name,
description = cran_unquote(entry$description),
details = cran_unquote(entry$details),
on_cran = entry$on_cran,
on_bioc = entry$on_bioc,
onboarding = entry$onboarding,
url = entry$url,
maintainer = entry$maintainer # use desc for more info
)
}
registry <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ropensci/roregistry/gh-pages/registry.json" %>%
jsonlite::read_json() %>%
purrr::pluck("packages") %>%
purrr::map_df(tidy_package)
since <- lubridate::as_date(last_newsletter) - 1
until <- lubridate::as_date(last_newsletter) + 1
commits <- gh::gh(
"GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits",
owner = "ropensci",
repo = "roregistry",
since = sprintf(
"%s-%s-%sT00:00:00Z",
lubridate::year(since),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::month(since), 2, "0", side = "left"),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::day(since), 2, "0", side = "left")
),
until = sprintf(
"%s-%s-%sT00:00:00Z",
lubridate::year(until),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::month(until), 2, "0", side = "left"),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::day(until), 2, "0", side = "left")
)
)
empty <- TRUE
i <- length(commits)
while (empty == TRUE) {
old <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ropensci/roregistry/%s/packages.json" %>%
sprintf(commits[[i]]$sha) %>%
jsonlite::read_json() %>%
purrr::map_df(function(x) tibble::tibble(package = x$package, url = x$url, branch = x$branch))
i <- i - 1
if (nrow(old) > 100) {
empty <- FALSE
}
}
old <- dplyr::filter(
old,
!grepl("ropenscilabs\\/", url),
!grepl("ropensci-archive\\/", url)
)
new <- dplyr::filter(
registry,
!package %in% old$package,
!grepl("ropenscilabs\\/", url),
!grepl("ropensci-archive\\/", url)
)
```
The following `r if(nrow(new)>1) english(nrow(new))` package`r if(nrow(new)>1) "s"` recently became a part of our software suite:
```{r, results='asis', cache = TRUE}
packages <- split(new, seq(nrow(new)))
present_one <- function(package) {
url_parts <- urltools::url_parse(package$url)
desc_link <- gh::gh(
"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}",
owner = strsplit(url_parts$path, "\\/")[[1]][1],
repo = strsplit(url_parts$path, "\\/")[[1]][2],
path = "DESCRIPTION"
) %>%
purrr::pluck("download_url")
withr::with_tempfile(
"tf", {
download.file(desc_link, tf)
desc <<- desc::desc(file = tf)
}
)
# as in pkgdown
authors <- unclass(desc$get_authors())
aut <- purrr::keep(authors, function(x) {any( x$role %in% "aut") && all(x$role != "cre") })
aut <- purrr::map_chr(aut, function(x) paste(x$given, x$family))
rev <- purrr::keep(authors, function(x) {any( x$role %in% "rev") && all(x$role != "cre") })
rev <- purrr::map_chr(rev, function(x) paste(x$given, x$family))
maintainer <- purrr::keep(authors, function(x) {any( x$role %in% "cre") })
maintainer <- paste(c(maintainer[[1]]$given, maintainer[[1]]$family), collapse = " ")
author_string <- sprintf("developed by %s", maintainer)
if (length(aut) > 0) {
author_string <- paste0(author_string, sprintf(" together with %s", nice_string(aut)))
}
string <- sprintf(
"[%s](https://docs.ropensci.org/%s), %s: %s. ",
package$package,
package$package,
author_string,
stringr::str_remove(stringr::str_squish(package$details), "\\.$")
)
if (package$on_cran) {
string <- paste0(
string,
sprintf(
" It is available on [CRAN]( https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=%s). ",
package$package
)
)
}
if (package$on_bioc) {
string <- paste0(
string, sprintf(
" It is available on [Bioconductor](https://bioconductor.org/packages/%s/). ",
package$package
)
)
}
if (nzchar(package$onboarding)) {
string <- paste0(string, sprintf("It has been [reviewed](%s)", package$onboarding))
if (length(rev) > 0) {
if (package$package == "fastMatMR") {
string <- paste0(string, sprintf(" by %s.", nice_string(c("Øystein Sørensen", "Ildikó Czeller"))))
} else {
string <- paste0(string, sprintf(" by %s.", nice_string(rev)))
}
} else {
string <- paste0(string, ".")
}
}
paste("+", string)
}
text <- purrr::map_chr(
packages,
present_one
)
cat(paste0(text, collapse = "\n\n"))
```
Discover [more packages](/packages), read more about [Software Peer Review](/software-review).
### New versions
```{r news, cache=TRUE}
registry <- dplyr::filter(
registry,
!grepl("ropenscilabs\\/", url),
!grepl("ropensci-archive\\/", url)
)
registry <- registry %>%
dplyr::rowwise() %>%
dplyr::mutate(
owner = strsplit(urltools::path(url), "/")[[1]][1],
repo = strsplit(urltools::path(url), "/")[[1]][2]
) %>%
dplyr::filter(
!is.na(owner)
)
packages <- split(registry, seq(nrow(registry)))
get_release <- function(repo) {
info <- gh::gh(
"GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases",
owner = repo$owner,
repo = repo$repo,
per_page = 3,
description = repo$description
)
info <- info[!purrr::map_lgl(info, "draft")]
if(length(info) == 0 || anytime::anytime(info[[1]]$published_at) < last_newsletter) {
return(NULL)
}
tibble::tibble(
package = repo$package,
version = info[[1]]$tag_name,
url = info[[1]]$html_url,
description = repo$description
)
}
packages[purrr::map_chr(packages, "package") == "gert"][[1]]$owner <- "r-lib"
packages[purrr::map_chr(packages, "package") == "gert"][[1]]$repo <- "gert"
packages[purrr::map_chr(packages, "package") == "credentials"][[1]]$owner <- "r-lib"
packages[purrr::map_chr(packages, "package") == "credentials"][[1]]$repo <- "credentials"
packages[purrr::map_chr(packages, "package") == "commonmark"][[1]]$owner <- "r-lib"
packages[purrr::map_chr(packages, "package") == "commonmark"][[1]]$repo <- "commonmark"
releases <- purrr::map_df(
packages,
get_release
)
releases <- split(releases, seq(nrow(releases)))
format_release <- function(release) {
sprintf(
'[%s](https://docs.ropensci.org/%s "%s") ([`%s`](%s))',
release$package,
release$package,
release$description,
release$version,
release$url
)
}
all_releases <- purrr::map_chr(releases, format_release)
text <- nice_string(all_releases)
```
The following `r if (length(releases) > 1) english(length(releases))` package`r if (length(releases) > 1) "s"` `r if (length(releases) > 1) "have" else "has"` had an update since the last newsletter: `r text`.
## Software Peer Review
```{r software-review, results='asis'}
# from pkgdown https://github.com/r-lib/pkgdown/blob/1ca166905f1b019ed4af9642617ea09fa2b8fc17/R/utils.r#L176
get_description <- function(body) {
lines <- strsplit(body, "\n")[[1]]
name <- stringr::str_squish(sub("Package:", "", lines[grepl("^Package", lines)][1]))
description <- stringr::str_squish(sub("Title:", "", lines[grepl("^Title", lines)][1]))
description <- cran_unquote(sub("\\.$", "", description))
list(name = name, description = description)
}
get_user_text <- function(issue) {
info <- gh::gh("GET /users/{username}", username = issue$user$login)
name <- info$name %||% issue$user$login
url <- if (nzchar(info$blog)) info$blog else info$html_url
if (!grepl("^https?:", url)) url <- paste0("http://", url)
if (url == "http://csaybar.github.io/") url <- "https://csaybar.github.io/"
if (url == "http://paocorrales.github.io/") url <- "https://paocorrales.github.io/"
sprintf("[%s](%s)", name, url)
}
tidy_issue <- function(issue) {
labels <- purrr::map_chr(issue$labels, "name")
label <- labels[grepl("[0-9]\\/.*", labels)][1]
df <- tibble::tibble(
label = label,
name = get_description(issue$body)$name,
description = get_description(issue$body)$description,
title = issue$title,
holding = "holding" %in% purrr::map_chr(issue$labels, "name"),
others = toString(purrr::map_chr(issue$labels, "name")),
closed_at = issue$closed_at %||% NA,
url = issue$html_url,
user = get_user_text(issue),
stats = dplyr::if_else("stats" %in% purrr::map_chr(issue$labels, "name"), " (Stats).", "")
)
dplyr::rowwise(df) %>%
dplyr::mutate(text = sprintf(" * [%s](%s), %s. Submitted by %s. %s", name, url, description, user, stats))
}
get_issues <- function(label, state) {
issues <- gh::gh(
"GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues",
owner = "ropensci",
repo = "software-review",
state = state,
labels = label
)
purrr::map_df(issues, tidy_issue)
}
active_issues <- purrr::map_df(
c("1/editor-checks","2/seeking-reviewer(s)","3/reviewer(s)-assigned","4/review(s)-in-awaiting-changes","5/awaiting-reviewer(s)-response","6/approved"),
get_issues,
state = "open"
)
closed_issues <- get_issues(state = "closed", label ="6/approved")
ok_date <- function(date) {
if (is.na(date)) {
return(TRUE)
}
anytime::anytime(date) >= last_newsletter
}
closed_issues <- dplyr::rowwise(closed_issues) %>%
dplyr::filter(ok_date(closed_at))
issues <- dplyr::bind_rows(active_issues, closed_issues)
no_holding <- sum(issues$holding)
issues <- dplyr::filter(issues, !holding)
text <- sprintf("There are %s recently closed and active submissions", english(nrow(issues)))
if (no_holding > 0) {
text <- paste0(
text,
sprintf(
" and %s submission%s on hold.",
no_holding,
if (no_holding > 1) "s" else ""
)
)
} else {
text <- paste0(text, ".")
}
count_label <- function(label) {
no <- snakecase::to_sentence_case(english(sum(issues$label == label, na.rm = TRUE)))
url <- paste0("https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3A", label)
sprintf("* %s at ['%s'](%s):\n\n %s", no, label, url, paste0(issues$text[!is.na(issues$label)][ issues$label == label], collapse = "\n\n"))
}
cat(text)
cat(
paste0(
" Issues are at different stages: \n\n",
paste0(
purrr::map_chr(sort(unique(issues$label[!is.na(issues$label)]), decreasing = TRUE), count_label),
collapse = "\n\n"
)
)
)
```
Find out more about [Software Peer Review](/software-review) and how to get involved.
## On the blog
<!-- Do not forget to rebase your branch! -->
```{r blog}
parse_one_post <- function(path){
lines <- suppressWarnings(readLines(path, encoding = "UTF-8"))
yaml <- blogdown:::split_yaml_body(lines)$yaml
yaml <- glue::glue_collapse(yaml, sep = "\n")
yaml <- yaml::yaml.load(yaml)
language <- function(path) {
name <- fs::path_ext_remove(fs::path_file(path))
if (grepl("\\.[a-z][a-z]", name)) {
sub(".*\\.", "", name)
} else {
"en"
}
}
software_peer_review <- "Software Peer Review" %in% yaml$tags
tech_note <- "tech notes" %in% yaml$tags && !software_peer_review
other <- !software_peer_review && !tech_note
meta <- tibble::tibble(
date = anytime::anydate(yaml$date),
author = nice_string(yaml$author),
title = yaml$title,
software_peer_review = software_peer_review,
tech_note = tech_note,
other = other,
socialImg = yaml$socialImg %||% "",
socialAlt = yaml$socialAlt %||% "",
description = stringr::str_squish(yaml$description %||% ""),
newsletter = "newsletter" %in% yaml$tags,
slug = yaml$slug,
dir = fs::path_dir(path),
language = language(path)
)
post_url <- if (meta[["language"]] == "en") {
sprintf(
"/blog/%s/%s/%s/%s",
lubridate::year(meta$date),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::month(meta$date), 2, "0", side = "left"),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::day(meta$date), 2, "0", side = "left"),
meta$slug
)
} else {
sprintf(
"/%s/blog/%s/%s/%s/%s",
meta[["language"]],
lubridate::year(meta$date),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::month(meta$date), 2, "0", side = "left"),
stringr::str_pad(lubridate::day(meta$date), 2, "0", side = "left"),
meta$slug
)
}
meta$url <- post_url
meta
}
paths <- fs::dir_ls("..", recurse = TRUE, glob = "*.md")
paths <- paths[!paths %in% c("../_index.md", "../2021-02-03-targets/raw_data_source.md",
"../2021-02-03-targets/README.md")]
posts <- purrr::map_df(paths, parse_one_post)
posts <- dplyr::filter(posts, date >= as.Date(last_newsletter), !newsletter)
posts <- split(posts, posts[["dir"]])
format_post <- function(dir) {
main_language <- if (any(dir[["language"]] == "en")) {
"en"
} else {
dir[["language"]][[1]]
}
post <- dir[which(dir[["language"]] == main_language),]
string <- sprintf("* [%s](%s) by %s", post$title, post$url, post$author)
if (post$description != "") {
string <- paste0(string, ". ", sub("\\?$", "", sub("\\!$", "", sub("\\.$", "", post$description), ".")), ".")
} else {
string <- paste0(string, ".")
}
if (post$title == "Scanning QR codes in R") {
string <- paste0(string, " This post was featured in the [R Weekly Highlights podcast](https://rweekly.fireside.fm/143) hosted by Eric Nantz and Mike Thomas.")
}
if (post$socialImg != "") {
img_file <- fs::path_file(post$socialImg)
download.file(sprintf("https://ropensci.org/%s", post$socialImg), img_file)
img_file %>% magick::image_read() %>% magick::image_scale("400x") %>% magick::image_write(img_file)
string <- paste0(
string,
sprintf('{{< figure src="%s" alt="%s" width="400" >}}\n\n', img_file, post$socialAlt)
)
}
other_langs <- dir[which(dir[["language"]] != main_language),]
other_langs <- split(other_langs, sort(as.numeric(rownames(other_langs))))
if (length(other_langs) > 0) {
other_langs_text <- purrr::map_chr(
other_langs,
~ sprintf("<a href='%s' lang='%s'>%s (%s)</a>", .x[["url"]], .x[["language"]], .x[["title"]], .x[["language"]])
) %>%
toString
other_langs_text <- sprintf("Other languages: %s.", other_langs_text)
string <- sprintf("%s %s", string, other_langs_text)
}
string
}
```
```{r, results='asis'}
software_review <- posts[purrr::map_lgl(posts, ~any(.x[["software_peer_review"]]))]
if (length(software_review) > 0) {
cat("### Software Review\n\n")
cat(
paste0(
purrr::map_chr(software_review, format_post),
collapse = "\n\n"
)
)
cat("\n\n")
}
others <- posts[purrr::map_lgl(posts, ~any(.x[["other"]]))]
if (length(others) > 0) {
cat(
paste0(
purrr::map_chr(others, format_post),
collapse = "\n\n"
)
)
cat("\n\n")
}
tech_notes <- posts[purrr::map_lgl(posts, ~any(.x[["tech_note"]]))]
if (length(tech_notes) > 0) {
cat("\n\n")
cat("### Tech Notes\n\n")
cat(
paste0(
purrr::map_chr(tech_notes, format_post),
collapse = "\n\n"
)
)
cat("\n\n")
}
```
## Use cases
```{r usecases}
# rerun get_use_cases.R at the same time
usecases <- jsonlite::read_json("../../../data/usecases/usecases.json")
get_one_case <- function(usecase) {
tibble::tibble(
title = usecase$title,
reporter = usecase$reporter,
url = usecase$url,
image = usecase$image,
date = anytime::anydate(usecase$date)
)
}
usecases <- purrr::map_df(usecases, get_one_case)
usecases <- dplyr::filter(usecases, date >= anytime::anydate("2023-10-01"))
usecases <- split(usecases, seq(nrow(usecases)))
```
`r snakecase::to_sentence_case(english(length(usecases)))` use case`r if (length(usecases) > 1) "s"` of our packages and resources ha`r if (length(usecases) > 1) "ve" else "s"` been reported since we sent the last newsletter.
```{r usecases2, results='asis'}
format_case <- function(usecase) {
string <- sprintf("* [%s](%s). Reported by %s.", sub("\\.$", "", usecase$title), usecase$url, usecase$reporter)
}
cat(
paste0(
purrr::map_chr(usecases, format_case),
collapse = "\n\n"
)
)
```
Explore [other use cases](/usecases) and [report your own](https://discuss.ropensci.org/c/usecases/10)!
## Call for maintainers
If you're interested in maintaining any of the R packages below, you might enjoy reading our blog post [What Does It Mean to Maintain a Package?](/blog/2023/02/07/what-does-it-mean-to-maintain-a-package/) (or listening to its discussion on the [R Weekly highlights podcast](https://rweekly.fireside.fm/111) hosted by Eric Nantz and Mike Thomas)!
- **[rvertnet](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rvertnet/index.html)**, Retrieve, map and summarize data from the VertNet.org archives (<https://vertnet.org/>). Functions allow searching by many parameters, including taxonomic names, places, and dates. In addition, there is an interface for conducting spatially delimited searches, and another for requesting large datasets via email. [Issue for volunteering](https://github.com/ropensci-archive/rvertnet/issues/71).
### Call for co-maintainers
Refer to our somewhat [recent blog post](/blog/2022/10/17/maintain-or-co-maintain-an-ropensci-package/#packages-looking-for-co-maintainers) to identify other packages where help is especially wished for!
See also our [help wanted page](/help-wanted/) -- before opening a PR, we recommend asking in the issue whether help is still needed.
## Package development corner
Some useful tips for R package developers. :eyes:
For a change, this month's tips are more about programming than about packaging.
### Classed conditions from rlang functions
If you use rlang (or cli, that will pass arguments to rlang) for messages, warnings, errors, you can add a class to the signal you're returning.
This is handy for conditionally suppressing some warnings, and also for more specific testing, as explained in [Mike Mahoney's short and insightful blog post](https://www.mm218.dev/posts/2023-11-07-classed-errors/).
### Static code analysis with lintr
The lintr package helps you write better R code by detecting common mistakes.
It is customizable: you can skip the linters you're not interested in.
A new version of the package was recently released on CRAN.
Refer to the [changelog](https://lintr.r-lib.org/news/index.html#lintr-311) for the changes, including a way to exclude the next line for linting, and new linters, for instance `length_levels_linter()` "for using the specific function `nlevels()` instead of checking `length(levels(x))`".
### How to get good with R
Nick Tierney wrote a wise post on [How to get good with R](https://www.njtierney.com/post/2023/11/10/how-to-get-good-with-r/), and the conclusion indicates he's open to discussion.
An important topic not only for package developers.
### Lesser-known reasons to prefer `apply()` over for loops
Hugo Gruson wrote a very informative blog post on ["Lesser-known reasons to prefer `apply()` over for loops"](https://epiverse-trace.github.io/posts/for-vs-apply/).
The third one will surprise you. :wink: (Yes, this is click bait.)
### Null coalescing operator soon in base R
The `%||%` operator that you [might know](https://masalmon.eu/2023/06/06/basic-patterns/#use-a-default-if-the-user-provided-null) from rlang has been added to [the development version of base R](https://github.com/wch/r-source/commit/10df7eac991c297271e16c7a1888240196d540f2)!
Source: a [toot of Jenny Bryan's](https://mastodon.social/@jennybryan@fosstodon.org/111302964212692505).
### Evercran: run historical R versions on today's computers
Gábor Csárdi's experimental [evercran project](https://github.com/r-hub/evercran#readme) helps you run historical R versions on today's computers
## Last words
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