Replaced bind method
merged branch saro0h/upgrade_2.3 (PR #211)

This PR was merged into the master branch.

Discussion
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Replaced bind method

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes

Commits
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f274508 Replaced bind method