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from __future__ import annotations

from typing import Any

from streamlit.runtime.metrics_util import gather_metrics


@gather_metrics("magic")
def transparent_write(*args: Any) -> Any:
    """The function that gets magic-ified into Streamlit apps.
    This is just st.write, but returns the arguments you passed to it.
    """
    import streamlit as st

    st.write(*args)
    if len(args) == 1:
        return args[0]
    return args