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+angular.module("localStorage", [])
+	.value "localStorage", (args...) ->
+		###
+		localStorage can throw browser exceptions, for example if it is full
+		We don't use localStorage for anything critical, on in that case just
+		fail gracefully.
+		###
+		try
+			return $.localStorage args...
+		catch e
+			console.error "localStorage exception", e
+			return null
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