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-<!--
-Thank you for taking the time to report an issue! We're glad to have you involved with Ruff.
-
-If you're filing a bug report, please consider including the following information:
-
-* List of keywords you searched for before creating this issue. Write them down here so that others can find this issue more easily and help provide feedback.
-  e.g. "RUF001", "unused variable", "Jupyter notebook"
-* A minimal code snippet that reproduces the bug.
-* The command you invoked (e.g., `ruff /path/to/file.py --fix`), ideally including the `--isolated` flag.
-* The current Ruff settings (any relevant sections from your `pyproject.toml`).
-* The current Ruff version (`ruff --version`).
--->