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+// Backwards compatility for core versions before 82b16f4f
+// Can be removed once 3.2.0.beta1 is released, and the compat file is updated
+
+const themeId = themePrefix("foo").match(/theme_translations\.(\d+)\.foo/)[1];
+const base = `discourse/theme-${themeId}`;
+
+if (!require.entries[`${base}/discourse/components/spreadsheet-editor`]) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.warn(
+    "Running on an old version of core. discourse-table-builder is shimming modules to keep old imports working."
+  );
+
+  define(
+    `discourse/discourse-table-builder/lib/utilities`,
+    ["exports", `${base}/discourse-table-builder/lib/utilities`],
+    function (_exports, utilities) {
+      _exports.tokenRange = utilities.tokenRange;
+      _exports.arrayToTable = utilities.arrayToTable;
+      _exports.findTableRegex = utilities.findTableRegex;
+    }
+  );
+
+  define(
+    `discourse/discourse-table-builder/lib/locale-mapping`,
+    ["exports", `${base}/discourse-table-builder/lib/locale-mapping`],
+    function (_exports, localeMapping) {
+      _exports.localeMapping = localeMapping.localeMapping;
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+export default {
+  name: "add-template-module-shims",
+  initialize() {},
+};