Thank you both, and sorry for the word “mandatory” which wasn’t indeed correct: that “HIGHLY recommended” in the wiki has distracted me from what I have read (I admit, quickly) just before 
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Thank you both, and sorry for the word “mandatory” which wasn’t indeed correct: that “HIGHLY recommended” in the wiki has distracted me from what I have read (I admit, quickly) just before