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+<!-- THIS COMMENT IS INVISIBLE IN THE FINAL PR, BUT FEEL FREE TO REMOVE IT
+Thanks for taking the time to improve CE. We really appreciate it.
+  Before opening the PR, please make sure that the tests & linter pass their checks,
+  by running `make check`.
+  In the best case scenario, you are also adding tests to back up your changes,
+  but don't sweat it if you don't. We can discuss them at a later date.
+Feel free to append your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file
+Thanks again, we really appreciate this!
+->