Move server-side languages up one section in the 9.0 release notes.
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<sect1 id="release-9-0">
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</sect4>
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<sect4>
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<title>Server-Side Languages</title>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Server-Side Languages</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add the <literal>OR REPLACE</> clause to <command>CREATE
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LANGUAGE</> (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This is helpful to optionally install a language if it does not
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already exist, and is particularly helpful now that PL/pgSQL is
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installed by default.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<sect4>
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<title>PL/PgSQL Server-Side Language</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add the <literal>OR REPLACE</> clause to <command>CREATE
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LANGUAGE</> (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This is helpful to optionally install a language if it does not
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already exist, and is particularly helpful now that PL/pgSQL is
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installed by default.
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Install server-side language PL/pgSQL by default (Bruce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow PL/pgSQL to handle row types with dropped columns (Pavel Stehule)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<sect5>
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<title>PL/PgSQL Server-Side Language</title>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <literal>IN</> parameters to be assigned values within
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PL/pgSQL functions (Steve Prentice)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error location reporting in PL/pgSQL (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Install server-side language PL/pgSQL by default (Bruce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Have PL/pgSQL use the main lexer, rather than a custom version (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow PL/pgSQL to handle row types with dropped columns (Pavel Stehule)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <literal>IN</> parameters to be assigned values within
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PL/pgSQL functions (Steve Prentice)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</sect4>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error location reporting in PL/pgSQL (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<sect4>
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<title>PL/pgSQL Cursors</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Have PL/pgSQL use the main lexer, rather than a custom version (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add count and <literal>ALL</> options to <command>MOVE
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FORWARD</>/<literal>BACKWARD</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow PL/pgSQL's <literal>WHERE CURRENT OF</> to use a cursor
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variable (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</sect5>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add PL/pgSQL's <command>OPEN cursor FOR EXECUTE</> to use parameters
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(Pavel Stehule, Itagaki Takahiro)
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</para>
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<sect5>
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<title>PL/pgSQL Cursors</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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This is accomplished with a new <literal>USING</> clause.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add count and <literal>ALL</> options to <command>MOVE
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FORWARD</>/<literal>BACKWARD</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow PL/pgSQL's <literal>WHERE CURRENT OF</> to use a cursor
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variable (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</sect4>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add PL/pgSQL's <command>OPEN cursor FOR EXECUTE</> to use parameters
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(Pavel Stehule, Itagaki Takahiro)
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</para>
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<sect4>
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<title>PL/Perl Server-Side Language</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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This is accomplished with a new <literal>USING</> clause.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add new PL/Perl functions: <function>quote_literal()</>,
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<function>quote_nullable()</>, <function>quote_ident()</>,
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<function>encode_bytea()</>, <function>decode_bytea()</>,
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<function>looks_like_number()</>, <function>encode_array_literal()</>,
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<function>encode_array_constructor()</> (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add server variable <varname>plperl.on_init</> to specify a PL/Perl
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Perl initialization function (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</sect5>
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<para>
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<varname>plperl.on_plperl_init</> and <varname>plperl.on_plperlu_init</>
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are also available for trusted/untrusted-specific initialization.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<sect5>
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<title>PL/Perl Server-Side Language</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error context support in PL/Perl (Alexey Klyukin)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add new PL/Perl functions: <function>quote_literal()</>,
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<function>quote_nullable()</>, <function>quote_ident()</>,
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<function>encode_bytea()</>, <function>decode_bytea()</>,
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<function>looks_like_number()</>, <function>encode_array_literal()</>,
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<function>encode_array_constructor()</> (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Support <command>END</> blocks in PL/Perl (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add server variable <varname>plperl.on_init</> to specify a PL/Perl
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Perl initialization function (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>END</> blocks do not currently allow database access.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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<varname>plperl.on_plperl_init</> and <varname>plperl.on_plperlu_init</>
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are also available for trusted/untrusted-specific initialization.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>use strict</> in PL/Perl (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error context support in PL/Perl (Alexey Klyukin)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>require</> in PL/Perl (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Support <command>END</> blocks in PL/Perl (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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<para>
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This basically tests to see if the module is loaded, and if not,
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generates an error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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<command>END</> blocks do not currently allow database access.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>use feature</> in PL/Perl if Perl version 5.10 or
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later is used (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>use strict</> in PL/Perl (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Verify that PL/Perl return values are valid in the server encoding
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(Andrew)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>require</> in PL/Perl (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve PL/Perl code structure (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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This basically tests to see if the module is loaded, and if not,
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generates an error.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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PL/Perl subroutines are now given names (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>use feature</> in PL/Perl if Perl version 5.10 or
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later is used (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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This is for the use of profiling and code coverage tools. DIDN'T
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THEY HAVE NAMES BEFORE?
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Verify that PL/Perl return values are valid in the server encoding
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(Andrew)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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PL/Perl no longer allows <application>Safe</> version 2.20 because
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it is unsafe (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve PL/Perl code structure (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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PL/Perl subroutines are now given names (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</sect4>
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<para>
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This is for the use of profiling and code coverage tools. DIDN'T
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THEY HAVE NAMES BEFORE?
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<sect4>
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<title>PL/Python Server-Side Language</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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PL/Perl no longer allows <application>Safe</> version 2.20 because
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it is unsafe (Tim Bunce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add Unicode support in PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Strings are automatically converted from/to the server encoding as
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necessary.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</sect5>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve <type>bytea</> support in PL/Python (Caleb Welton)
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</para>
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<sect5>
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<title>PL/Python Server-Side Language</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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<type>Bytea</> values passed into PL/Python now are represented as
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binary, rather than the Postgres <type>bytea</> text format. Null
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bytes are now also output properly from PL/Python. <type>Boolean</>
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and <type>numeric</> value passing in PL/Python was also improved.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add Unicode support in PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add array parameter/return support to PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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Strings are automatically converted from/to the server encoding as
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necessary.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve mapping of domains to Python base types in PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve <type>bytea</> support in PL/Python (Caleb Welton)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add <application>Python</> 3 support to PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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<para>
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<type>Bytea</> values passed into PL/Python now are represented as
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binary, rather than the Postgres <type>bytea</> text format. Null
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bytes are now also output properly from PL/Python. <type>Boolean</>
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and <type>numeric</> value passing in PL/Python was also improved.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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The new server-side language is called <literal>plpython3u</>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add array parameter/return support to PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error location and exception reporting in PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve mapping of domains to Python base types in PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add <application>Python</> 3 support to PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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<para>
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The new server-side language is called <literal>plpython3u</>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Improve error location and exception reporting in PL/Python (Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect5>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect4>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add <command>vacuumdb</> <option>--analyze-only</> option to only
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analyze (Bruce)
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<para>
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Add <command>vacuumdb</> <option>--analyze-only</> option to only
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analyze (Bruce)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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