PIPE-3207: Refactor `place_repr_source_first` for clarity and style compliance
- Replace try-except with explicit existence check for cleaner logic
- Improve documentation with detailed Args, Returns, and Note sections
PIPE-3169: Pass cont/lines files and dequote sourcename
Add contfile and linesfile parameters to `getHeuristics()` call in
editimlist, and dequote sourcename to fix `cont_ranges_spwsel` lookups
in tclean.
Pull request #1931: PIPE-3196: migrate the changes of PIPE-3150/PIPE-3162/PIPE-3191 to MAIN
Merge in PIPE/pipeline from PIPE-3196-clone-PIPE-3150-3162-to-main to main
Pull request #1888: PIPE-3023 flagdeteralma load partialpols alma loop loads flag column using tbtool.getcol
Merge in PIPE/pipeline from PIPE-3023-flagdeteralma-load_partialpols_alma-loop-loads-flag-column-using-tbtool.getcol to main
* commit '6bd22f4018437b6a63de1838abf7e9a28c4d3a03': PIPE-3023: move taql query out of try, add unit test, fixes from review PIPE-3023: adapt flagdeteralma unit tests for updated implementation PIPE-3023: use TaQL query to implement the partialpol logic PIPE-3023: fix info message about lowtrans
