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    global GLOBAL_MESSAGES, SIGNUP_MESSAGES, LOGIN_MESSAGES, PROFILE_MESSAGES

    # keep backwards compatibility with dict settings

    if type(GLOBAL_MESSAGES) == dict:

        GLOBAL_MESSAGES = GLOBAL_MESSAGES.items()

    if type(SIGNUP_MESSAGES) == dict:

        SIGNUP_MESSAGES = SIGNUP_MESSAGES.items()

    if type(LOGIN_MESSAGES) == dict:

        LOGIN_MESSAGES = LOGIN_MESSAGES.items()

    if type(PROFILE_MESSAGES) == dict:

        PROFILE_MESSAGES = PROFILE_MESSAGES.items()

    EXTRA_MESSAGES_SET = bool(GLOBAL_MESSAGES or SIGNUP_MESSAGES or \

            LOGIN_MESSAGES or PROFILE_MESSAGES)