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<p>For consistency with the behavior of <code>aes.bind</code>, <code><a href="../reference/stat_alluvium.html">stat_alluvium()</a></code> now invokes <code>lode.ordering</code> together with <code>lode.guidance</code>: If the vectors of <code>lode.ordering</code> include duplicates, i.e. they do not completely determine an order, then the remaining deposits are used to refine the order. Previously, <code>lode.ordering</code> was assumed to consist of permutation vectors, so the two parameters we