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+There are two kinds of lists: string list (simply called list) and hash-list +(called hlist). +
+Each element of a hlist is a hash node in the lihata conf file. These hash +nodes are opaque to the conf system and must be processed by the plugin that +uses the hlist. Normal merging still works on hlists: opaque elements can be +prepended or appended and the whole list can be overwritten. +
+Each element of a plain (string) list is a text node in the lihata conf file, +which is stored as a string in the memory by the conf system. +