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-Things to do in morophology part 3.
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-* add ability to set the number of compartments per branch (removed by allowing only sample_tree descriptions)
-* remove `cable_cell::place(mlocation, ...)` with `cable_cell::place(locset, ...)`
-    * ensure consistent error messages in new code