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+- Added `elide_large_values` parameter to `LLMContext.get_messages()`. When `True`, returns compact deep copies of messages with binary data (base64 images, audio) fully elided and long string values in LLM-specific messages recursively truncated. Useful for serialization, logging, and debugging tools.