-handling functions
                       </a></li>
               
         <li><a href="#funcs.copying">
                         Copying and resizing functions
                       </a></li>
               
         <li><a href="#funcs.misc">
                         Miscellaneous functions
                       </a></li>
             
      </ol>
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      <h2>
               Image creation, destruction, loading, and saving
             
      </h2>
       