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+//
+//  Copyright (C) 2021 Schrödinger, LLC
+//
+//   @@ All Rights Reserved @@
+//  This file is part of the RDKit.
+//  The contents are covered by the terms of the BSD license
+//  which is included in the file license.txt, found at the root
+//  of the RDKit source tree.
+//
+
+/*
+ * This file is just to make sure exceptions in this directory
+ * get built into the library.
+ */
+
+#include "BadFileException.h"
+#include "Exceptions.h"
+#include "FileParseException.h"
possibly stupid question: why is this file necessary?