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       if (!pass) {
                earcutLinked(filterPoints(ear), triangles, dim, minX, minY, invSize, 1);

            // if this didn't work, try curing all small self-intersections locally
            } else if (pass === 1) {
                ear = cureLocalIntersections(filterPoints(ear), triangles);
                earcutLinked(ear, triangles, dim, minX, minY, invSize, 2);

            // as a last resort, try splitting the remaining polygon into two
            } else if (pass === 2) {
                splitEarcut(ear, triangles, dim, minX, minY, invSize);
            }

            break;
        }
    }
}

// check whether a polygon node forms a valid ear with adjacent nodes
function isEar(ear) {
    const a = ear.prev,
        b = ear,
        c = ear.next;

    if (area(a, b, c) >= 0) return false; // reflex, can't be an ear

    // now make sure we don't have other points inside the potential ear
    const ax = a.x, bx = b.x, cx = c.x, ay = a.y, by = b.y, cy = c.y;

    // triangle bbox
    const x0 = Math.min(ax, bx, cx),
        y0 = Math.min(ay, by, cy),
        x1 = Math.max(ax, bx, cx),
        y1 = Math.max(ay, by, cy);

    let p = c.next;
    while (p !== a) {
        if (p.x >= x0 && p.x <= x1 && p.y >= y0 && p.y <= y1 &&
            pointInTriangleExceptFirst(ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, p.x, p.y) &&
            area(p.prev, p, p.next) >= 0) return false;
        p = p.next;
    }

    return true;
}

function isEarHashed(ear, minX, minY, invSize) {
    const a = ear.prev,
        b = ear,
        c = ear.next;

    if (area(a, b, c) >= 0) return false; // reflex, can't be an ear

    const ax = a.x, bx = b.x, cx = c.x, ay = a.y, by = b.y, cy = c.y;

    // triangle bbox
    const x0 = Math.min(ax, bx, cx),
        y0 = Math.min(ay, by, cy),
        x1 = Math.max(ax, bx, cx),
        y1 = Math.max(ay, by, cy);

    // z-order range for the current triangle bbox;
    const minZ = zOrder(x0, y0, minX, minY, invSize),
        maxZ = zOrder(x1, y1, minX, minY, invSize);

    let p = ear.prevZ,
        n = ear.nextZ;

    // look for points inside the triangle in both directions
    while (p && p.z >= minZ && n && n.z <= maxZ) {
        if (p.x >= x0 && p.x <= x1 && p.y >= y0 && p.y <= y1 && p !== a && p !== c &&
            pointInTriangleExceptFirst(ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, p.x, p.y) && area(p.prev, p, p.next) >= 0) return false;
        p = p.prevZ;

        if (n.x >= x0 && n.x <= x1 && n.y >= y0 && n.y <= y1 && n !== a && n !== c &&
            pointInTriangleExceptFirst(ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, n.x, n.y) && area(n.prev, n, n.next) >= 0) return false;
        n = n.nextZ;
    }

    // look for remaining points in decreasing z-order
    while (p && p.z >= minZ) {
        if (p.x >= x0 && p.x <= x1 && p.y >= y0 && p.y <= y1 && p !== a && p !== c &&
            pointInTriangleExceptFirst(ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, p.x, p.y) && area(p.prev, p, p.next) >= 0) return false;
        p = p.prevZ;
    }

    // look for remaining points in increasing z-order
    while (n && n.z <= maxZ) {
        if (n.x >= x0 && n.x <= x1 && n.y >= y0 && n.y <= y1 && n !== a && n !== c &&
            pointInTriangleExceptFirst(ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, n.x, n.y) && area(n.prev, n, n.next) >= 0) return false;
        n = n.nextZ;
    }

    return true;
}

// go through all polygon nodes and cure small local self-intersections
function cureLocalIntersections(start, triangles) {
    let p = start;
    do {
        const a = p.prev,
            b = p.next.next;

        if (!equals(a, b) && intersects(a, p, p.next, b) && locallyInside(a, b) && locallyInside(b, a)) {

            triangles.push(a.i, p.i, b.i);

            // remove two nodes involved
            removeNode(p);
            removeNode(p.next);

            p = start = b;
        }
        p = p.next;
    } while (p !== start);

    return filterPoints(p);
}

// try splitting polygon into two and triangulate them independently
function splitEarcut(start, triangles, dim, minX, minY, invSize) {
    // look for a valid diagonal that divides the polygon into two
    let a = start;
    do {
        let b = a.next.next;
        while (b !== a.prev) {
            if (a.i !== b.i && isValidDiagonal(a, b)) {
                // split the polygon in two by the diagonal
                let c = splitPolygon(a, b);

                // filter colinear points around the cuts
                a = filterPoints(a, a.next);
                c = filterPoints(c, c.next);

                // run earcut on each half
                earcutLinked(a, triangles, dim, minX, minY, invSize, 0);
                earcutLinked(c, triangles, dim, minX, minY, invSize, 0);
                return;
            }
            b = b.next;
        }
        a = a.next;
    } while (a !== start);
}

// link every hole into the outer loop, producing a single-ring polygon without holes
function eliminateHoles(data, holeIndices, outerNode, dim) {
    con