No paste dependency

[justsmth]

Issues:

Addresses #722

Description of changes:

• Removes use of paste from all non-test code.
• paste is only used for test generation.

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 92.86%. Comparing base (c358484) to head (df79e7a).
Report is 181 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

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##             main     #724      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   95.80%   92.86%   -2.94%     
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  Files          61       70       +9     
  Lines        8143     9559    +1416     
  Branches        0     9559    +9559     
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+ Hits         7801     8877    +1076     
- Misses        342      413      +71     
- Partials        0      269     +269     

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