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Issue/feature addressed

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Proposed solution

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Implementation

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Tests

Notes

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Checklist

• Functions and classes, or changes to them, are documented.
• User guide/documentation is updated.
• Changelog is updated.
• Suitable tests added for new functionality.
• Newly added files are correctly formatted.
• License added to any new files.
• No extraneous files have been added (e.g. compiler output or test data files).