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+
+# we are going to build recipes to do the processing and splitting of the args
+
+# instead of process_inputs:
+
+@recipe function f{X<:Number,Y<:Number}(x::AVec{X}, y::AVec{Y})
+    x --> x
+    y --> y
+    ()
+end