Reactive UI framework with dependent types. No Virtual DOM.
Svelte showed the way: compile-time reactivity beats runtime diffing. But Svelte's compiler magic is opaque — TypeScript doesn't truly understand it.
Agdelte brings Svelte's key insight to a language with a real type system:
- Direct DOM updates via reactive bindings (no Virtual DOM diffing)
- Declarative templates with
bindpoints that auto-update - Static verification of initial structure + dynamic flexibility via lenses
Agdelte uses reactive bindings — like Svelte, but with dependent types:
-- Reactive template with bindings (like Svelte)
counterTemplate : Node Model Msg
counterTemplate =
div [ class "counter" ]
( button [ onClick Dec ] [ text "-" ]
∷ span [ class "count" ] [ bindF show ] -- auto-updates on model change!
∷ button [ onClick Inc ] [ text "+" ]
∷ [] )
-- App with reactive template
record ReactiveApp (Model Msg : Set) : Set₁ where
field
init : Model
update : Msg → Model → Model
template : Node Model Msg -- NOT a function! Structure with bindingsKey insight: reactive bindings instead of Virtual DOM:
bindpoints track which DOM nodes depend on model- When model changes, only affected bindings update
- No tree diffing, no re-rendering — direct DOM mutations
-- Binding: reactive connection from Model to DOM
record Binding (Model : Set) (A : Set) : Set where
field
extract : Model → A -- get value from model
equals : A → A → Bool -- detect changes1. FIRST RENDER:
- Walk the Node tree, create real DOM
- For each `bind`, remember (DOMNode, Binding)
2. ON MODEL CHANGE:
- For each binding: extract(oldModel) vs extract(newModel)
- If changed: update that DOM node directly
- NO tree diffing! Direct updates to tracked nodes.
This is exactly what Svelte does at compile time, but we do it with explicit bindings that the type system can verify.
The Theory/ module (isolated, optional) establishes correspondence with Polynomial Functors (Spivak, Niu):
- Reactive bindings as lens-like structures
- Widget networks as polynomial machines
- Composition via polynomial operations (⊗, ⊕)
Multi-level architecture:
Level 3: Declarative DSL — button [ onClick Dec ] [ bindF show ]
Level 2: Lenses — navigation, modification, composition
Level 1: Polynomials — mathematical foundation
-- Reactive Counter (like Svelte)
module ReactiveCounter where
open import Agdelte.Reactive.Node
-- Model & Messages
Model = ℕ
data Msg : Set where
Inc Dec : Msg
-- Pure update
update : Msg → Model → Model
update Inc n = suc n
update Dec zero = zero
update Dec (suc n) = n
-- Declarative template with reactive binding
template : Node Model Msg
template =
div [ class "counter" ]
( button [ onClick Dec ] [ text "-" ]
∷ span [ class "count" ] [ bindF show ] -- bindF show = auto-update!
∷ button [ onClick Inc ] [ text "+" ]
∷ [] )
-- App
app : ReactiveApp Model Msg
app = mkReactiveApp 0 update templateCompare to Svelte:
<script>
let count = 0;
</script>
<div class="counter">
<button on:click={() => count--}>-</button>
<span class="count">{count}</span>
<button on:click={() => count++}>+</button>
</div>Same declarative style, but with dependent types and no compiler magic.
| Svelte 5 | Virtual DOM (React/Elm) | Agdelte | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOM updates | Direct (compiled) | Diff tree, patch | Direct (bindings) |
| Performance | Fast | Overhead from diffing | Fast |
| Reactivity | Compiler magic | Runtime diffing | Explicit bindings |
| Type safety | TypeScript | Varies | Dependent types |
| Impossible states | Runtime | Runtime | Compile-time |
Key advantage over Virtual DOM: No tree reconstruction, no diffing algorithm. When model changes, only the bound DOM nodes update — exactly like Svelte.
Beyond Svelte-style bindings, Agdelte includes production-grade optimizations:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ P0 Immediate │ keyboard, focus → sync dispatch │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ P1 Normal │ clicks, input → rAF batching │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ P2 Background │ data fetches → requestIdleCallback │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- Priority Scheduling: Keyboard input processes instantly (P0), UI clicks batch per frame (P1), data loads run in idle time (P2)
- Time-Slicing: Large DOM updates (1000+ bindings) split across frames with 8ms budget — maintains 60fps
- Web Worker: Heavy
updatecomputations offloaded to worker thread - Buffer Registry:
SharedArrayBufferfor large binary data (images, WebGL textures) — model stores only lightweight handles - Slot Tracking: Skip unchanged bindings via model slot detection (O(changed) not O(bindings))
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Level 3: Declarative DSL │
│ button [ onClick Dec ] [ bindF show ] │
│ Aesthetic, readable, statically verified │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Level 2: Lenses │
│ Navigation, modification, composition │
│ Dynamic flexibility at runtime │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Level 1: Polynomials │
│ Mathematical foundation (Spivak, Niu) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
record ReactiveApp (Model Msg : Set) : Set₁ where
field
init : Model -- initial state
update : Msg → Model → Model -- pure state transition
template : Node Model Msg -- reactive template (NOT a function!)- init — initial state
- update — pure function:
Msg → Model → Model - template — declarative structure with bindings (like Svelte template)
data Node (Model Msg : Set) : Set₁ where
text : String → Node Model Msg -- static text
bind : Binding Model String → Node Model Msg -- reactive binding!
elem : String → List (Attr Model Msg) → List (Node Model Msg) → Node Model MsgThe key difference from Virtual DOM: template is data, not a function. Bindings track exactly which DOM nodes need updating.
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| doc/ | Main documentation index |
| doc/guide/architecture.md | Core architecture and design |
| doc/guide/examples.md | Guide to all examples |
| doc/guide/getting-started.md | Prerequisites, build, run |
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| doc/api/node.md | ReactiveApp, Node, Attr, Binding, zoomNode, Lens |
| doc/api/event.md | Subscriptions: interval, keyboard, WebSocket, workers |
| doc/api/cmd.md | Commands: HTTP, DOM, clipboard, storage, routing |
| doc/api/task.md | Monadic chains: sequential HTTP, do-notation |
| doc/api/optic.md | Lens, Prism, Affine, Traversal, Optic, ProcessOptic, RemoteOptic |
| doc/api/agent.md | Agent coalgebra, Wiring, SharedAgent, Diagram |
| doc/api/signal.md | Synchronous streams: const, map, delay, fold |
| doc/api/session.md | Session types: send/recv, dual, offer/choose |
| doc/api/css.md | Typed CSS: Decl, Length, Color, Layout, Stylesheet |
| doc/api/svg.md | Typed SVG: Elements, Path, Transform, SMIL, Events |
| doc/api/anim.md | Model-driven animations: Tween, Spring |
| doc/api/webgl.md | WebGL scene graphs: Camera, Light, Material, SceneNode, Scene |
| doc/api/webgl-controls.md | WebGL 3D UI controls: buttons, sliders, charts, gizmos |
| doc/api/html-controls.md | HTML UI widgets: TabBar, Modal, DataGrid, Dropdown, Video Player, etc. |
| doc/api/auth.md | JWT, Middleware, Client-side token management |
| doc/api/storage.md | WAL persistence, snapshots, AppStore |
| doc/api/ffi.md | Browser/Server postulates, Serialize |
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| doc/internals/runtime.md | JavaScript runtime implementation |
| doc/theory/combinators.md | All combinators with types |
| doc/theory/time-model.md | Time model: ticks, dt |
| doc/theory/polynomials.md | Polynomial functors: theory |
| doc/comparison/vs-svelte.md | Comparison with Svelte 5 |
| doc/comparison/vs-vue3.md | Comparison with Vue 3 |
src/
Agdelte/
├── App.agda -- Top-level app module
│
├── Reactive/ -- Reactive templates (Svelte-style)
│ ├── Node.agda -- Node, Binding, ReactiveApp
│ ├── Lens.agda -- Lens, fstLens, sndLens
│ ├── Optic.agda -- Prism, Traversal, Affine, Optic, routeMsg
│ ├── BigLens.agda -- Big Lens across processes/hosts
│ ├── Diagram.agda -- Wiring diagrams
│ ├── Inspector.agda -- Runtime inspector
│ ├── ProcessOptic.agda -- Cross-process optics
│ ├── RemoteOptic.agda -- Cross-host optics
│ └── TimeTravel.agda -- Time-travel debugging
│
├── Core/ -- Effects
│ ├── Signal.agda -- Coinductive stream
│ ├── Event.agda -- Event — subscriptions (interval, keyboard)
│ ├── Cmd.agda -- Cmd — commands (httpGet, httpPost)
│ ├── Task.agda -- Task — monadic chains (do-notation)
│ └── Result.agda -- Result type for error handling
│
├── Concurrent/ -- Concurrency & session types
│ ├── Agent.agda -- Agent coalgebra
│ ├── CoSession.agda -- Co-session types
│ ├── DepAgent.agda -- Dependent agents
│ ├── Obligation.agda -- Linear obligations
│ ├── ProcessOpticLinear.agda -- Linear process optics
│ ├── Session.agda -- Session types
│ ├── SessionExec.agda -- Session execution
│ ├── SessionForm.agda -- Session formulas
│ ├── SharedAgent.agda -- Shared agent state
│ └── Wiring.agda -- Agent wiring
│
├── Html/ -- HTML DSL
│ ├── Attributes.agda -- HTML attributes
│ ├── Elements.agda -- HTML elements
│ ├── Events.agda -- DOM events
│ ├── Navigation.agda -- Navigation helpers
│ ├── Types.agda -- HTML types
│ └── Controls/ -- UI widget library
│ ├── Video/ -- MediaSource video player
│ │ ├── Player.agda -- State machine, public API
│ │ ├── Controls.agda -- UI overlay (play, seek, volume)
│ │ ├── Source.agda -- MediaSource management
│ │ ├── SegmentLoader.agda -- Segment fetch pipeline
│ │ ├── Types.agda -- PlayerState, VideoModel, VideoMsg
│ │ └── Util.agda -- Time formatting, manifest parsing
│
├── FFI/ -- Foreign function interface
│ ├── Browser.agda -- Browser postulates
│ ├── Crypto.agda -- HMAC-SHA256, bcrypt, base64, random
│ ├── FileSystem.agda -- File I/O (read, write, append, mkdir)
│ ├── Server.agda -- Server postulates
│ └── Shared.agda -- Shared FFI types
│
├── Auth/ -- Authentication
│ ├── JWT.agda -- JWT sign/verify (HS256)
│ ├── Handler.agda -- Register/login handlers
│ ├── Client.agda -- Client-side token management
│ └── Middleware.agda -- Bearer auth middleware, CORS
│
├── Storage/ -- Persistence
│ ├── WAL.agda -- Write-ahead log with snapshots
│ └── AppStore.agda -- Domain state + WAL config
│
├── Lens/ -- Lens utilities
│ └── Widget.agda -- Widget lenses
│
├── Primitive/ -- Primitive event sources
│ ├── AnimationFrame.agda -- requestAnimationFrame
│ ├── Interval.agda -- setInterval
│ ├── Keyboard.agda -- Keyboard events
│ ├── Mouse.agda -- Mouse events
│ ├── Request.agda -- HTTP requests
│ └── Time.agda -- Time primitives
│
├── Css/ -- CSS DSL
│ ├── Decl.agda -- CSS declarations
│ ├── Length.agda -- Length units (px, em, rem, %)
│ ├── Color.agda -- Color types (rgb, hsl, hex)
│ ├── Layout.agda -- Flexbox, Grid
│ ├── Transition.agda -- CSS transitions
│ ├── Animation.agda -- CSS @keyframes
│ ├── Stylesheet.agda -- Full stylesheet generation
│ └── Render.agda -- CSS rendering to String
│
├── Svg/ -- SVG DSL
│ ├── Core.agda -- Core types and rendering
│ ├── Attributes.agda -- Typed SVG attributes
│ ├── Elements.agda -- SVG elements (rect, circle, path, etc.)
│ ├── Path.agda -- Path commands (M, L, C, A, Z)
│ ├── Transform.agda -- Transform operations
│ ├── Smil.agda -- SMIL declarative animations
│ └── Events.agda -- SVG pointer events with coordinates
│
├── Anim/ -- Model-driven animations
│ ├── Tween.agda -- Tween animations with easing
│ └── Spring.agda -- Spring physics animations
│
├── Buffer.agda -- Buffer Registry API (SharedArrayBuffer)
│
├── WebGL/ -- WebGL 3D scene graphs
│ ├── Types.agda -- Camera, Light, Material, SceneNode, Scene
│ ├── Controls.agda -- Re-exports all 3D UI controls
│ ├── Controls/ -- 3D UI controls library
│ │ ├── Theme.agda -- ControlTheme, themes
│ │ ├── State.agda -- ControlState
│ │ ├── Text.agda -- label, dynamicLabel
│ │ ├── Buttons.agda -- button, fabButton, iconButton
│ │ ├── Sliders.agda -- hslider, vslider, dial
│ │ ├── Toggles.agda -- toggle, checkbox, radio
│ │ ├── Menus.agda -- dropdown, radialMenu
│ │ ├── Tabs.agda -- tabBar, tabPanel
│ │ ├── Input.agda -- textInput, numberInput, colorPicker
│ │ ├── Charts/ -- 3D data visualization
│ │ │ ├── Bar3D.agda
│ │ │ ├── Scatter3D.agda
│ │ │ ├── Surface.agda
│ │ │ └── Network3D.agda
│ │ ├── Audio/ -- Audio visualization
│ │ │ ├── Spectrum.agda
│ │ │ └── Waveform.agda
│ │ └── Gizmos/ -- 3D manipulation tools
│ │ ├── Transform.agda
│ │ ├── Selection.agda
│ │ └── Measure.agda
│ └── Builder/ -- Geometry composition & optimization
│ ├── Geometry/ -- Primitives, Procedural, CSG
│ ├── Layout/ -- Stack, Grid, Radial
│ ├── Optimize/ -- Batching, LOD, Culling
│ ├── Interaction/ -- NamedParts
│ └── Import/ -- GLTF
│
├── Theory/ -- Mathematical foundation (optional)
│ ├── Poly.agda -- Polynomial functors, Coalg, Lens
│ ├── PolySignal.agda -- Signal ≅ Coalg (Mono A ⊤)
│ ├── PolyApp.agda -- Polynomial app structure
│ ├── AgentCoalg.agda -- Agent as coalgebra
│ ├── BigLensPolyLens.agda -- BigLens ≅ Poly.Lens
│ ├── DepPoly.agda -- Dependent polynomials
│ ├── LensLaws.agda -- Lens law proofs
│ ├── OpticPolyLens.agda -- Optic ≅ Poly.Lens
│ └── SessionDualProof.agda -- Session duality proof
│
└── Test/ -- Tests
├── Interpret.agda -- Pure event testing (SimEvent)
└── OpticTest.agda -- 16 optic proofs
examples/
Counter.agda -- Counter with reactive bindings
Timer.agda -- Stopwatch with interval
Todo.agda -- TodoMVC-style app
Keyboard.agda -- Global keyboard events
KeyboardDemo.agda -- Keyboard demo (server)
Http.agda -- HTTP requests
Task.agda -- Task chains (do-notation)
WebSocket.agda -- WebSocket communication
Router.agda -- SPA routing
Composition.agda -- App composition (zoomNode)
Transitions.agda -- CSS enter/leave animations (whenT)
Combinators.agda -- Event pipeline (foldE, mapFilterE)
OpticDynamic.agda -- Dynamic optics (ixList, Traversal, _∘O_)
StressTest.agda -- Performance benchmark
AgentWiring.agda -- Agent wiring example
DepAgentDemo.agda -- Dependent agent demo
Parallel.agda -- Parallel execution
RemoteAgent.agda -- Remote agent example
SessionDual.agda -- Session duality example
SessionFormDemo.agda -- Session form demo
Worker.agda -- Web worker example
CssDemo.agda -- CSS DSL demo
CssFullDemo.agda -- CSS full demo
AnimDemo.agda -- Tween/Spring animations
SvgTest.agda -- Basic SVG demo
SvgSmil.agda -- SMIL declarative animations
SvgPanZoom.agda -- Interactive pan/zoom
SvgChart.agda -- Data-driven bar chart
SvgLineDraw.agda -- Self-drawing paths
WebGLTest.agda -- WebGL basics (perspective, phong, animate)
WebGLFullDemo.agda -- WebGL full demo (all features)
VideoDemo.agda -- Video player integration
ControlsDemo.agda -- HTML controls showcase
WebGLControlsDemo.agda -- WebGL 3D controls demo
runtime/
reactive.js -- Main runtime: priority scheduling, time-slicing
reactive-auto.js -- Auto-loader (data-agdelte attribute)
reactive-gl.js -- WebGL runtime (3D scene graph rendering)
events.js -- Event interpretation with priority dispatchers
primitives.js -- Primitive event sources
svg-events.js -- SVG coordinate conversion helpers
agda-values.js -- Abstraction for Scott encoding
buffer-registry.js -- SharedArrayBuffer management
update-worker.js -- Web Worker for heavy update computations
workers/
fibonacci.js -- Fibonacci worker example
fibonacci-progress.js -- Fibonacci with progress reporting
hs/
Agdelte/
Http.hs -- Warp HTTP server (request/response with headers)
Crypto.hs -- HMAC-SHA256, bcrypt, base64 (cryptonite)
No Virtual DOM. Direct DOM updates via reactive bindings — like Svelte, but explicit.
Purity. update is a pure function. Template is data, not computation.
Declarativity. Template describes structure, bindings describe what changes.
Performance. No tree diffing. O(bindings) updates, not O(tree size).
Composability. Events and bindings combine with standard operations:
-- Basic
never : Event A -- nothing
merge : Event A → Event A → Event A -- combine streams
mapE : (A → B) → Event A → Event B -- transform
filterE : (A → Bool) → Event A → Event A -- filter
-- Sampling (Event + Signal interaction)
snapshot : (A → B → C) → Event A → Signal B → Event C -- sample Signal
gate : Event A → Signal Bool → Event A -- filter by Signal
changes : Signal A → Event A -- events when Signal changes
-- Time-based
debounce : ℕ → Event A → Event A -- after N ms pause
throttle : ℕ → Event A → Event A -- max once per N ms
-- Switching
switchE : Event A → Event (Event A) → Event A -- dynamic Event switching
-- Merging
mergeWith : (A → A → A) → Event A → Event A → Event A -- merge with function
alignWith : (These A B → C) → Event A → Event B → Event C -- align different types
-- Accumulators
accumE : A → Event (A → A) → Event A -- fold to Event
accumB : A → Event (A → A) → Signal A -- fold functions to Signal
-- Deferred
pre : A → Signal A → Signal A -- delay by one tick
-- Error handling
catchE : Event (Result E A) → (E → A) → Event A -- handle errors
-- Testing
interpret : (Event A → Event B) → List (List A) → List (List B) -- test Event transformationsHeavy computations that block UI? Use workers — same Event pattern:
-- Worker is just another Event primitive
worker : WorkerFn A B → A → Event B
-- Same declarative model
events m = if m.computing
then mapE Done (worker heavyComputation m.data)
else never
-- Event appears → worker starts
-- Event disappears → worker cancelled (automatic cleanup)Structured concurrency, automatic resource management, no leaks. See doc/api/event.md.
# Install dependencies (Agda 2.6.4+, agda-stdlib 2.0+)
# Build all examples
npm run build:all
# Start dev server
npm run dev
# Open http://localhost:8080/See examples/README.md for details.
- Reactive templates — ReactiveApp, Node, Binding (Svelte-style, no Virtual DOM)
- Incremental updates — binding scopes,
foreachKeyed(key-based list reconciliation),whenT(CSS enter/leave transitions) - Widget lenses —
Lens Outer Inner, composition_∘L_,zoomNodefor full component composition - Combinators & testing —
foldE,mapFilterE,switchE,accumE,gate; pure testing viaSimEventwith propositional equality proofs - Optics —
Prism,Traversal,Affine, unifiedOpticwith_∘O_;routeMsg,ixList, 16 equality proofs
- Priority Scheduling — P0 (keyboard: immediate), P1 (clicks: rAF batching), P2 (data: idle callback)
- Time-Slicing — large DOM updates split across frames (8ms budget), maintains 60fps
- Web Worker for update — offload heavy
updatecomputations to worker thread - Buffer Registry —
SharedArrayBufferfor large binary data (images, audio) outside Agda model - Slot-based tracking — skip unchanged bindings via model slot detection
- Agents — polynomial coalgebras, channels, structured concurrency
- Process/Remote Optics — same
Opticinterface across processes and hosts - Big Optic — spans local widgets, processes, and remote hosts uniformly
- Session types — send/recv, dual, offer/choose; duality proofs; linear obligations
- DevTools via Big Optic — network inspection across processes/hosts
- Time-travel debugging — undo/redo with history
- Runtime inspector — live model inspection
- Hot reload — preserve model across code changes
- Optic ≅ Poly.Lens for monomial case
- Lens law proofs — get-put, put-get, put-put
- ReactiveApp ↔ Coalg formal connection
- Session duality proof
- Signal — coinductive streams (const, map, delay, fold)
- Event — subscriptions (interval, keyboard, WebSocket, workers)
- Cmd — commands (HTTP, DOM, clipboard, storage, routing)
- Task — monadic chains with do-notation
- HTTP requests with custom headers — httpGetH, httpPostH in both Cmd and Task
- CSS — typed generation: Decl, Length, Color, Layout, Transitions, Animations, Stylesheet
- SVG — namespace-aware: typed elements, Path commands, Transform, SMIL animations, pointer events
- Animations — model-driven Tween/Spring with compile-time keyframe generation
- WebGL — declarative 3D scene graphs: cameras, lights, materials, text3D, groups, events
- WebGL Builder — geometry (CSG, procedural), layout (stack, grid, radial), instancing, LOD, culling
- WebGL Controls — complete 3D UI library: buttons, sliders, toggles, menus, tabs, input fields, charts, audio visualization, gizmos
- HTTP Server — Warp via FFI.Server (listen, request/response with headers)
- Auth — JWT signing/verification, bcrypt passwords, Bearer middleware, client-side token management (localStorage)
- Crypto FFI — HMAC-SHA256, bcrypt, base64, random bytes (Haskell via cryptonite)
- WAL Persistence — write-ahead log with snapshots, thread-safe MVar-based state, automatic compaction
- File System FFI — readFile, writeFile, appendFile, exists, mkdir, rename (Haskell IO)
Complete 3D UI library for building interactive WebGL applications:
open import Agdelte.WebGL.Controls
-- 3D control panel
controlPanel : Scene Model Msg
controlPanel = mkScene camera
( -- Themed 3D button
button darkTheme "Start" StartClicked t1
∷ -- Horizontal slider with value display
labeledSlider darkTheme "Volume" getVolume SetVolume showPercent t2
∷ -- Toggle switch
labeledToggle darkTheme "Mute" getMuted ToggleMute t3
∷ -- Real-time spectrum analyzer
frequencyBars3D darkTheme spectrumConfig getFrequencies t4
∷ -- Transform gizmo for 3D manipulation
translateGizmo defaultGizmoStyle UpdatePosition t5
∷ [] )18 control modules:
| Category | Controls |
|---|---|
| Basic | button, iconButton, fabButton, labeledButton |
| Sliders | hslider, vslider, dial, labeledSlider, intSlider |
| Toggles | toggle, checkbox, radio, rockerSwitch |
| Menus | dropdown, radialMenu, contextMenu, selectionDropdown |
| Tabs | tabBar, tabPanel, segmentedControl, paginationDots |
| Input | textInput, numberInput, colorPicker |
| Charts | barChart3D, scatterPlot3D, surfacePlot3D, networkGraph3D |
| Audio | frequencyBars3D, circularSpectrum3D, oscilloscope3D, vuMeter3D, lissajous3D |
| Gizmos | translateGizmo, rotateGizmo, scaleGizmo, boundingBox3D, selectionBox3D, distanceGizmo, angleGizmo, ruler3D, gridPlane |
See doc/api/webgl-controls.md for full API.
Svelte's performance + dependent types = Agdelte
Agdelte takes Svelte's key insight — direct DOM updates without Virtual DOM — and makes it explicit and type-safe.
- Svelte: Compiler generates direct DOM updates (magic)
- Agdelte: Explicit bindings that the type system verifies (transparent)
Same performance characteristics, but you can see and reason about the reactive connections.
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