Instead of ... (deprecated)       | use ...
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extend_struct(s, field);          | s = struct_combine(s, field);
extend_struct(s, "field", value); | s = struct_combine(s, struct { field = value });
extend_struct(s, field, value);   | tmp = @Struct_Type(field); set_struct_fileds(tmp, value); s = struct_combine(s, tmp);
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s = merge_structs(s1, s2, ...);   | s = struct_combine(s1, s2, ...);
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s_ = select_struct_arrays(s, i);  | s_ = struct_filter(s, i; copy);