Miscellaneous minor changes #741

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Job	Run time
build (ubuntu-latest, 26.3, false)	31s
build (ubuntu-latest, 27.2, false)	36s
build (ubuntu-latest, 28.2, false)	34s
build (ubuntu-latest, 29.3, false)	51s
build (macos-latest, 28.2, false)	2m 2s
build (macos-latest, 29.3, false)	2m 41s
build (windows-latest, 26.3, false)	1m 50s
build (windows-latest, 27.2, false)	57s
build (windows-latest, 28.2, false)	1m 8s
build (windows-latest, 29.3, false)	1m 13s
build (ubuntu-latest, snapshot, true)	35s
build (macos-latest, snapshot, true)	2m 1s
	14m 59s

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