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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:

> If you don't have and won't open an account on the tracker, if you can
> come up with a minimal example that demonstrates the issue, I'll open
> an issue for you. (But I'd rather you did it yourself :-)

Thank you for the offer. Fortunately, the Python bug tracker does not
require me to maintain credentials for that site (I can use any OpenID),
so I've got an account there.

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