Flexvectors
Adam Nelson
A flexvector, also known as a dynamic array or an arraylist, is a mutable vector-like data structure with an adjustable size. Flexvectors allow O(1) random access, O(1) insertion/removal at the end, and O(n) insertion/removal elsewhere. This SRFI defines a suite of operations on flexvectors, modeled after SRFI 133's vector operations.
The test suite does not yet fully cover the specification. There are several additional flexvector operations that would be useful (flexvector-append!
, flexvector-append-map
) that are not in this draft but may be included in a future draft.
Unlike the default vector datatype of many other languages, Scheme vectors have a fixed length. This makes vectors unusable as mutable stacks or queues, and is the reason that SRFI 133 lacks common collection operations like filter
.
In fact, no Scheme standard defines a mutable datatype that is suitable for this very common purpose, analogous to a Java ArrayList
or to the default list data structure in JavaScript or Python. SRFI 117 defines the commonly-used "tconc" mutable queue, but it is a linked list. And SRFI 134 defines a deque datatype, but that datatype is immutable. Neither data structure has the (often useful) properties of being a mutable, contiguous, random-access sequence.
This SRFI does not define a comparator or any sorting procedures, in order to ensure that it has no dependencies. These may be defined in future SRFIs.
What this SRFI calls a flexvector is better known as a dynamic array. This data structure has a wide variety of names in different languages:
ArrayList
(and, before that, it was called a Vector
)Scheme literature already uses the terms list (for cons
lists), vector (for fixed-length vectors), and array (for fixed-length numeric arrays), so a new term is needed. Because array in Scheme refers to a numeric array, the term dynamic array is not ideal. Dynamic vector is a possibility, but dynamic-vector
would be an unwieldy prefix due to its length. The newly-minted term flexvector communicates this data structure's flexible size and its relationship to Scheme vectors, while being only as long as an existing Scheme data type name (bytevector
).
This SRFI is primarily modeled on SRFI 133. It includes flexvector equivalents of all SRFI 133 procedures, most with the same names and argument order. There are two notable exceptions:
flexvector-unfold
mimics the API of SRFI 1's unfold
, not SRFI 133's vector-unfold
. vector-unfold
is limited by the necessity of a fixed vector length, while flexvector-unfold
may generate a flexvector of any length, and so the unfold
API is more useful.vector=
is flexvector=?
. It is conventional for Scheme equality predicates to end in =?
(e.g., symbol=?
, string=?
), and most data structure SRFIs follow this convention (see SRFI 113, 125, 146). This SRFI follows established convention, even when it does not match SRFI 133's procedure names.Additionally, this SRFI includes deque-like operations that reference, add to, and remove from both ends of a flexvector. The naming convention for these operations is taken from SRFI 134, which uses the terms front and back. Front refers to the start of the flexvector (index 0), while back refers to the end (index (- (flexvector-length x) 1)
).
In this section, the following notation is used to specify parameters and examples:
Parameters named fv
are always flexvectors.
x ...
indicates that zero or more of the parameter x
are allowed.
[x]
indicates that the parameter x
is optional. Multiple optional parameters may be written [x [y]]
.
;=>
separates an example expression from its expected result.
λ
is a shorthand alias for lambda
.
Additionally, examples include literal flexvector values written using SRFI 10 notation: #,(flexvector a b c)
is a flexvector of length 3 containg the symbol values a
, b
, and c
. This notation is only used for example purposes. This SRFI does not depend on SRFI 10, and it does not define the #,(flexvector x ...)
syntax for actual use.
make-flexvector
(make-flexvector size [fill])
Creates and returns a flexvector of size size
. If fill
is specified, all of the elements of the vector are initialized to fill
. Otherwise, their contents are indeterminate.
(make-flexvector 5 3) ;=> #,(flexvector 3 3 3 3 3)
flexvector
(flexvector x ...)
Creates and returns a flexvector whose elements are x ...
.
(flexvector 0 1 2 3 4) ;=> #,(flexvector 0 1 2 3 4)
flexvector-unfold
, flexvector-unfold-right
(flexvector-unfold p f g initial-seed ...)
The fundamental flexvector constructor. flexvector-unfold
is modeled on SRFI 1 unfold
instead of SRFI 133 vector-unfold
, because flexvectors are not limited to a predetermined length.
For each step, flexvector-unfold
evaluates p
on the seed value(s) to determine whether it should stop unfolding. If p
returns #f
, it then evaluates f
on the seed value(s) to produce the next element, then evaluates g
on the seed value(s) to produce the seed value(s) for the next step. The recursion can be described with this algorithm:
(let recur ((seeds initial-seed) (fv (flexvector)))
(if (apply p seeds) fv
(let-values ((next-seeds (apply g seeds)))
(recur next-seeds (flexvector-add-back! fv (apply f seeds))))))
This is guaranteed to build a flexvector in O(n), because flexvector-add-back!
is O(1). flexvector-unfold-right
is a variant that constructs a flexvector right-to-left, and uses flexvector-add-front!
instead, which may be slower than O(n).
flexvector-copy
, flexvector-reverse-copy
(flexvector-copy fv [start [end]])
Allocates a new flexvector whose length is (- end start)
and fills it with elements from fv
, taking elements from fv
starting at index start
and stopping at index end
. start
defaults to 0
and end
defaults to the value of (flexvector-length fv)
.
(flexvector-copy (flexvector 'a 'b 'c)) ;=> #,(flexvector a b c)
(flexvector-copy (flexvector 'a 'b 'c) 1) ;=> #,(flexvector b c)
(flexvector-copy (flexvector 'a 'b 'c) 1 2) ;=> #,(flexvector b)
flexvector-reverse-copy
is the same, but copies the elements in reverse order from fv
.
(flexvector-reverse-copy (flexvector 'a 'b 'c 'd) 1 4)
;=> #,(flexvector d c b)
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
flexvector-append
(flexvector-append fv ...)
Returns a newly allocated flexvector that contains all elements in order from the subsequent locations in fv ...
.
(flexvector-append (flexvector 'x) (flexvector 'y))
;=> #,(flexvector x y)
(flexvector-append (flexvector 'a) (flexvector 'b 'c 'd))
;=> #,(flexvector a b c d)
(flexvector-append (flexvector 'a (flexvector 'b))
(flexvector (flexvector 'c)))
;=> #,(flexvector a #,(flexvector b) #,(flexvector c))
flexvector-concatenate
(flexvector-concatenate list-of-flexvectors)
Equivalent to (apply flexvector-append list-of-flexvectors)
, but may be implemented more efficiently.
(flexvector-concatenate (list (flexvector 'a 'b) (flexvector 'c 'd)))
;=> #,(flexvector a b c d)
flexvector-append-subvectors
(flexvector-append-subvectors [fv start end] ...)
Returns a vector that contains every element of each fv
from start
to end
in the specified order. This procedure is a generalization of flexvector-append
.
(flexvector-append-subvectors (flexvector 'a 'b 'c 'd 'e) 0 2
(flexvector 'f 'g 'h 'i 'j) 2 4)
;=> #,(flexvector a b h i)
flexvector?
(flexvector? x)
Disjoint type predicate for flexvectors: this returns #t
if x
is a flexvector, and #f
otherwise.
(flexvector? (flexvector 1 2 3)) ;=> #t
(flexvector? (vector 1 2 3)) ;=> #f
flexvector-empty?
(flexvector-empty? fv)
Returns #t
if fv
is empty (i.e., its length is 0
), and #f
if not.
(flexvector-empty? (flexvector)) ;=> #t
(flexvector-empty? (flexvector 'a)) ;=> #f
(flexvector-empty? (flexvector (flexvector))) ;=> #f
flexvector=?
(flexvector=? elt=? fv ...)
Flexvector structural equality predicate, generalized across user-specified element equality predicates. Flexvectors a
and b
are considered equal by flexvector=?
iff their lengths are the same and, for each index i
less than (flexvector-length a)
, (elt=? (flexvector-ref a i) (flexvector-ref b i))
is true. elt=?
is always applied to two arguments.
(flexvector=? eq? (flexvector 'a 'b) (flexvector 'a 'b)) ;=> #t
(flexvector=? eq? (flexvector 'a 'b) (flexvector 'b 'a)) ;=> #f
(flexvector=? = (flexvector 1 2 3 4 5) (flexvector 1 2 3 4)) ;=> #f
(flexvector=? = (flexvector 1 2 3 4) (flexvector 1 2 3 4)) ;=> #t
flexvector=?
returns #t
if it is passed zero or one fv
arguments. The execution order of comparisons is intentionally left unspecified.
(flexvector=? eq?) ;=> #t
(flexvector=? eq? (flexvector 'a)) ;=> #t
flexvector-ref
(flexvector-ref fv i)
Flexvector element dereferencing: returns the value at location i
in fv
. Indexing is zero-based. It is an error if i
is outside the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
).
(flexvector-ref (flexvector 'a 'b 'c 'd) 2) ;=> c
flexvector-front
(flexvector-front fv)
Returns the first element in fv
. It is an error if fv
is empty. Alias for (flexvector-ref fv 0)
.
(flexvector-front (flexvector 'a 'b 'c 'd)) ;=> a
flexvector-back
(flexvector-back fv)
Returns the last element in fv
. It is an error if fv
is empty. Alias for (flexvector-ref fv (- (flexvector-length fv) 1))
.
(flexvector-back (flexvector 'a 'b 'c 'd)) ;=> d
flexvector-length
(flexvector-length fv)
Returns the length of fv
, which is the number of elements contained in fv
.
(flexvector-length (flexvector 'a 'b 'c)) ;=> 3
flexvector-add!
(flexvector-add! fv i x ...)
Inserts the elements x ...
into fv
at the location i
, preserving their order and shifting all elements after i
backward to make room. This increases the length of fv
by the number of elements inserted.
It is an error if i
is outside the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
].
flexvector-add!
returns fv
after mutating it.
(flexvector-add! (flexvector 'a 'b) 1 'c) ;=> #,(flexvector a c b)
(flexvector-add! (flexvector 'a 'b) 2 'c 'd 'e) ;=> #,(flexvector a b c d e)
flexvector-add-front!
, flexvector-add-back!
(flexvector-add-front! fv x ...)
Inserts the elements x ...
into the front or back of fv
, preserving their order. This increases the length of fv
by the number of elements inserted. flexvector-add-back!
of one element is guaranteed to execute in O(1).
These procedures return fv
after mutating it.
(flexvector-add-front! (flexvector 'a 'b) 'c) ;=> #,(flexvector c a b)
(flexvector-add-front! (flexvector 'a 'b) 'c 'd) ;=> #,(flexvector c d a b)
(flexvector-add-back! (flexvector 'a 'b) 'c) ;=> #,(flexvector a b c)
(flexvector-add-back! (flexvector 'a 'b) 'c 'd) ;=> #,(flexvector a b c d)
flexvector-add-all!
(flexvector-add-all! fv i xs)
Inserts the elements of the list xs
into fv
at location i
. Equivalent to (apply flexvector-add! fv i xs)
. Returns fv
after mutating it.
(flexvector-add-all! (flexvector 'a 'b) 2 '(c d e)) ;=> #,(flexvector a b c d e)
flexvector-remove!
(flexvector-remove! fv i)
Removes and returns the element at i
in fv
, then shifts all subsequent elements forward, reducing the length of fv
by 1.
It is an error if i
is outside the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
).
flexvector-remove-front!
, flexvector-remove-back!
(flexvector-remove-front! fv)
Removes and returns the first element from fv
, then shifts all other elements forward. flexvector-remove-back!
instead removes the last element, without moving any other elements, and is guaranteed to execute in O(1).
It is an error if fv
is empty.
flexvector-remove-range!
(flexvector-remove-range! fv start [end])
Removes all elements from fv
between start
and end
, shifting all elements after end
forward by (- end start)
. If end
is not present, it defaults to (flexvector-length fv)
.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
flexvector-remove-range!
returns fv
after mutating it.
flexvector-clear!
(flexvector-clear! fv)
Removes all items from fv
, setting its length to 0. Returns fv
after mutating it.
flexvector-set!
(flexvector-set! fv i x)
Assigns the value of x
to the location i
in fv
. It is an error if i
is outside the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
]. If i
is equal to (flexvector-length fv)
, x
is appended after the last element in fv
; this is equivalent to flexvector-add-back!
.
Returns the previous value at location i
in fv
, or an unspecified value if i
is equal to (flexvector-length fv)
.
flexvector-swap!
(flexvector-swap! fv i j)
Swaps or exchanges the values of the locations in fv
at indexes i
and j
. It is an error if either i
or j
is outside the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
). Returns fv
after mutating it.
flexvector-fill!
(flexvector-fill! fv fill [start [end]])
Assigns the value of every location in fv
between start
, which defaults to 0 and end
, which defaults to the length of fv
, to fill
. Returns fv
after mutating it.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
]. It is an error if end
is less than start
.
flexvector-reverse!
(flexvector-reverse! fv)
Destructively reverses fv
in-place. Returns fv
after mutating it.
flexvector-copy!
, flexvector-reverse-copy!
(flexvector-copy! to at from [start [end]])
Copies the elements of flexvector from
between start
and end
to flexvector to
, starting at at
. The order in which elements are copied is unspecified, except that if the source and destination overlap, copying takes place as if the source is first copied into a temporary vector and then into the destination. This can be achieved without allocating storage by making sure to copy in the correct direction in such circumstances.
flexvector-reverse-copy!
is the same, but copies elements in reverse order.
start
and end
default to 0 and (flexvector-length from)
if not present. Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length from)
]. It is an error if end
is less than start
.
Unlike vector-copy!
, flexvector-copy!
may copy elements past the end of to
, which will increase the length of to
.
Both procedures return to
after mutating it.
flexvector-unfold!
, flexvector-unfold-right!
(flexvector-unfold! f fv start end initial-seed ...)
Like flexvector-unfold
, but the elements are copied into the flexvector fv
starting at element start
rather than into a newly allocated flexvector. Terminates when (- end start)
elements have been generated.
flexvector-unfold-right!
is the same, but copies elements in reverse order, starting at the index preceding end
.
It is an error if start
is less than 0 or end
is less than start
. Unlike vector-unfold!
, flexvector-unfold!
allows end
to be greater than the length of fv
; this will grow the length of fv
to end
.
Both procedures return fv
after mutating it.
flexvector-fold
, flexvector-fold-right
(flexvector-fold kons knil fv1 fv2 ...)
The fundamental flexvector iterator. kons
is iterated over each value in all of the vectors, stopping at the end of the shortest; kons
is applied as (kons state (flexvector-ref fv1 i) (flexvector-ref fv2 i) ...)
where state
is the current state value—the current state value begins with knil
, and becomes whatever kons
returned on the previous iteration—and i
is the current index.
The iteration of flexvector-fold
is strictly left-to-right. The iteration of flexvector-fold-right
is strictly right-to-left.
(flexvector-fold (λ (len str) (max (string-length str) len))
0
(flexvector "baz" "qux" "quux"))
;=> 4
(flexvector-fold-right (λ (tail elt) (cons elt tail))
'()
(flexvector 1 2 3))
;=> (1 2 3)
(flexvector-fold (λ (counter n)
(if (even? n) (+ counter 1) counter))
0
(flexvector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7))
;=> 3
flexvector-map
, flexvector-map/index
(flexvector-map f fv1 fv2 ...)
Constructs a new flexvector of the shortest size of the flexvector arguments. Each element at index i
of the new flexvector is mapped from the old flexvectors by (f (flexvector-ref fv1 i) (flexvector-ref fv2 i) ...)
. The dynamic order of application of f
is unspecified.
flexvector-map/index
is a variant that passes i
as the first argument to f
for each element.
(flexvector-map (λ (x) (* x 10)) (flexvector 10 20 30))
;=> #,(flexvector 100 200 300)
(flexvector-map/index (λ (i x) (+ x (* i 2))) (flexvector 10 20 30))
;=> #,(flexvector 10 22 34)
flexvector-map!
, flexvector-map/index!
(flexvector-map! f fv1 fv2 ...)
Similar to flexvector-map
, but rather than mapping the new elements into a new flexvector, the new mapped elements are destructively inserted into fv1
. Again, the dynamic order of application of f
unspecified, so it is dangerous for f
to apply either flexvector-ref
or flexvector-set!
to fv1
in f
.
(let ((fv (flexvector 10 20 30)))
(flexvector-map! (λ (x) (* x 10)) fv)
fv)
;=> #,(flexvector 100 200 300)
(let ((fv (flexvector 10 20 30)))
(flexvector-map/index (λ (i x) (+ x (* i 2))) fv)
fv)
;=> #,(flexvector 10 22 34)
flexvector-filter
, flexvector-filter/index
(flexvector-filter pred? fv)
Constructs a new flexvector consisting of only the elements of fv
for which pred?
returns a non-#f
value. flexvector-filter/index
passes the index of each element as the first argument to pred?
, and the element itself as the second argument.
(flexvector-filter even? (flexvector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8))
;=> #,(flexvector 2 4 6 8)
flexvector-filter!
, flexvector-filter/index!
(flexvector-filter! pred? fv)
Similar to flexvector-filter
, but destructively updates fv
by removing all elements for which pred?
returns #f
. flexvector-filter/index!
passes the index of each element as the first argument to pred?
, and the element itself as the second argument.
(let ((fv (flexvector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)))
(flexvector-filter! odd? fv)
fv)
;=> #,(flexvector 1 3 5 7)
flexvector-for-each
, flexvector-for-each/index
(flexvector-for-each f fv1 fv2 ...)
Simple flexvector iterator: applies f
to the corresponding list of parallel elements from fv1 fv2 ...
in the range [0, length
), where length
is the length of the smallest flexvector argument passed, In contrast with flexvector-map
, f
is reliably applied in left-to-right order, starting at index 0, in the flexvectors.
flexvector-for-each/index
is a variant that passes the index as the first argument to f
for each element.
Example:
(flexvector-for-each (λ (x) (display x) (newline))
(flexvector "foo" "bar" "baz" "quux" "zot"))
Displays:
foo
bar
baz
quux
zot
flexvector-count
(flexvector-count pred? fv1 fv2 ...)
Counts the number of parallel elements in the flexvectors that satisfy pred?
, which is applied, for each index i
in the range [0, length) where length is the length of the smallest flexvector argument, to each parallel element in the flexvectors, in order.
(flexvector-count even? (flexvector 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 5 6))
;=> 3
(flexvector-count < (flexvector 1 3 6 9) (flexvector 2 4 6 8 10 12))
;=> 2
flexvector-cumulate
(flexvector-cumulate f knil fv)
Returns a newly-allocated flexvector new
with the same length as fv
. Each element i
of new
is set to the result of (f (flexvector-ref new (- i 1)) (flexvector-ref vec i))
, except that, for the first call on f
, the first argument is knil
. The new
flexvector is returned.
(flexvector-cumulate + 0 (flexvector 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 5 6))
;=> #,(flexvector 3 4 8 9 14 23 25 30 36)
flexvector-index
, flexvector-index-right
(flexvector-index pred? fv1 fv2 ...)
Finds and returns the index of the first elements in fv1 fv2 ...
that satisfy pred?
. If no matching element is found by the end of the shortest flexvector, #f
is returned.
flexvector-index-right
is similar, but returns the index of the last elements that satisfy pred?
, and requires all flexvector arguments to have the same length.
(flexvector-index even? (flexvector 3 1 4 1 5 9))
;=> 2
(flexvector-index < (flexvector 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 5 6) (flexvector 2 7 1 8 2))
;=> 1
(flexvector-index = (flexvector 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 5 6) (flexvector 2 7 1 8 2))
;=> #f
(flexvector-index-right < (flexvector 3 1 4 1 5) (flexvector 2 7 1 8 2))
;=> 3
flexvector-skip
, flexvector-skip-right
(flexvector-skip pred? fv1 fv2 ...)
Finds and returns the index of the first elements in fv1 fv2 ...
that do not satisfy pred?
. If all the values in the flexvectors satisfy pred?
until the end of the shortest flexvector, this returns #f
.
flexvector-skip-right
is similar, but returns the index of the last elements that do not satisfy pred?
, and requires all flexvector arguments to have the same length.
(flexvector-skip number? (flexvector 1 2 'a 'b 3 4 'c 'd))
;=> 2
(flexvector-skip-right number? (flexvector 1 2 'a 'b 3 4 'c 'd))
;=> 4
flexvector-binary-search
(flexvector-binary-search fv value cmp [start [end]])
Similar to flexvector-index
and flexvector-index-right
, but, instead of searching left-to-right or right-to-left, this performs a binary search. If there is more than one element of fv
that matches value
in the sense of cmp
, flexvector-binary-search
may return the index of any of them.
The search is performed on only the indexes of fv
between start
, which defaults to 0, and end
, which defaults to the length of fv
. Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
]. It is an error if end
is less than start
.
cmp
should be a procedure of two arguments that returns either a negative integer, which indicates that its first argument is less than its second; zero, which indicates that they are equal; or a positive integer, which indicates that the first argument is greater than the second argument. An example cmp
might be:
(λ (char1 char2)
(cond ((char<? char1 char2) -1)
((char=? char1 char2) 0)
(else 1)))
flexvector-any
(flexvector-any pred? fv1 fv2 ...)
Finds the first set of elements in parallel from fv1 fv2 ...
for which pred?
returns a true value. If such a parallel set of elements exists, flexvector-any
returns the value that pred?
returned for that set of elements. The iteration is strictly left-to-right.
flexvector-every
(flexvector-every pred? fv1 fv2 ...)
If, for every index i
between 0 and the length of the shortest flexvector argument, the set of elements (flexvector-ref fv1 i) (flexvector-ref fv2 i) ...
satisfies pred?
, flexvector-every
returns the value that pred?
returned for the last set of elements, at the last index of the shortest flexvector. The iteration is strictly left-to-right.
flexvector-partition
(flexvector-partition pred? fv)
Returns two values: a flexvector containing all elements of fv
that satisfy pred?
, and a flexvector containing all elements of fv
that do not satisfy pred?
. Elements remain in their original order.
flexvector->vector
(flexvector->vector fv [start [end]])
Creates a vector containing the elements in fv
between start
, which defaults to 0, and end
, which defaults to the length of fv
.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
vector->flexvector
(vector->flexvector vec [start [end]])
Creates a flexvector containing the elements in vec
between start
, which defaults to 0, and end
, which defaults to the length of vec
.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (vector-length vec)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
flexvector->list
, reverse-flexvector->list
(flexvector->list fv [start [end]])
Creates a list containing the elements in fv
between start
, which defaults to 0, and end
, which defaults to the length of fv
.
reverse-flexvector->list
is similar, but creates a list with elements in reverse order of fv
.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
list->flexvector
, reverse-list->flexvector
(list->flexvector proper-list)
Creates a flexvector of elements from proper-list
.
reverse-list->flexvector
is similar, but creates a flexvector with elements in reverse order of proper-list
.
flexvector->string
(flexvector->string fv [start [end]])
Creates a string containing the elements in fv
between start
, which defaults to 0, and end
, which defaults to the length of fv
. It is an error if the elements are not characters.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (flexvector-length fv)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
string->flexvector
(string->flexvector string [start [end]])
Creates a flexvector containing the elements in string
between start
, which defaults to 0, and end
, which defaults to the length of string
.
Both start
and end
are clamped to the range [0, (string-length string)
). It is an error if end
is less than start
.
generator->flexvector
(generator->flexvector gen)
Creates a flexvector containing all elements produced by the SRFI 158 generator gen
.
A sample implementation is available on GitHub. The sample implementation supports Gauche, Sagittarius, and Chibi, and includes a test suite.
Thanks to the authors of SRFI 133 (John Cowan, and, transitively, Taylor Campbell), on whose work this SRFI is based. Much of the language in this SRFI was copied directly from 133 with only minor changes.
Copyright © Adam Nelson (2020).
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