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* Add the lookup plugin strictness to the porting guide

* Edited for clarity.

* Wordsmithing.
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Those that had to work around the global configuration limitations can now migrate to a per host/group settings,
but also note that the new defaults might conflict with existing usage if the assumptions don't correlate to your environment.
Filter
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The lookup plugin API now throws an error if a non-iterable value is returned from a plugin. Previously, numbers or
other non-iterable types returned by a plugin were accepted without error or warning. This change was made because plugins should always return a list. Please note that plugins that return strings and other non-list iterable values will not throw an error, but may cause unpredictable behavior. If you have a custom lookup plugin that does not return a list, you should modify it to wrap the return values in a list.
Porting custom scripts
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