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139      /**
140       * Filters the categories before building the category list.
141       *
142       * @since 4.4.0
143       *
144       * @param WP_Term[] $categories An array of the post's categories.
145       * @param int|bool  $post_id    ID of the post we're retrieving categories for. When `false`, we assume the
146       *                              current post in the loop.
147       */
148      $categories = apply_filters( 'the_category_list', get_the_category( $post_id ), $post_id );
149
150      if ( empty( $categories ) ) {
151           /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/category-template.php */
152           return apply_filters( 'the_category', __( 'Uncategorized' ), $separator, $parents );
153      }
154
155      $rel = ( is_object( $wp_rewrite ) && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) ? 'rel="category tag"' : 'rel="category"';
156
157      $thelist = '';