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   (@teunbrand based on @clauswilke's suggestion #5051).
 * Fixed a regression in `Coord$train_panel_guides()` where names of guides were 
   dropped (@maxsutton, #5063)
+* Improve performance of layers without positional scales (@zeehio, #4990)
   
 # ggplot2 3.4.0
 This is a minor release focusing on tightening up the internals and ironing out