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All the work could be performed in one branch, call it MOODLE_17_DML.

Exclusively when Point 1 - Splitting datalib.php was finished.

Details

This is a long process in which a lot of scripts become affected although critical changes are, exclusively in the DML functions. The rest is a repetitive work, changing how such functions are used in hundreds of places and testing them carefully. Documentation of the new final DML library must be ready as soon as possible to allow 3rd part developers to update their contributions.

Following, there is one list of changes to be performed in the DML library with their implications in the rest of the code:

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