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+read_globals = {
+	"DIR_DELIM",
+	"minetest", "core",
+	"dump", "dump2",
+	"vector",
+	"VoxelManip", "VoxelArea",
+	"PseudoRandom", "PcgRandom",
+	"ItemStack",
+	"Settings",
+	"unpack",
+
+	table = {
+		fields = {
+			"copy",
+			"indexof",
+			"insert_all",
+			"key_value_swap",
+		}
+	},
+
+	string = {
+		fields = {
+			"split",
+			"trim",
+		}
+	},
+
+	math = {
+		fields = {
+			"hypot",
+			"sign",
+			"factorial"
+		}
+	},
+}
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