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@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ await db.execute_fn(fn)
 Executes a given callback function against a read-only database connection running in a thread. The function will be passed a SQLite connection, and the return value from the function will be returned by the ``await``.
 
 Example usage:
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-syntax:
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 .. code-block:: python
 
     def get_version(conn);