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+**Added:**
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+* ``xonsh.lib.itertools.as_iterable`` for making sure that strings are turned into iterables
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+**Changed:**
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+* <news item>
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+**Deprecated:**
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+* <news item>
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+**Removed:**
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+* <news item>
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+**Fixed:**
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+* <news item>
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+**Security:**
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+* <news item>