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    GitHub Action to find undefined names in Python code · f63c0947
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    https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/error-codes.html
    
    On the flake8 test selection, this PR does not focus on "style violations" (the majority of flake8 error codes that psf/black can autocorrect). Instead, these tests focus on runtime safety and correctness:
    
        E9 tests are about Python syntax errors usually raised because flake8 can not build an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). Often these issues are a sign of unused code or code that has not been ported to Python 3. These would be compile-time errors in a compiled language but in a dynamic language like Python, they result in the script halting/crashing on the user.
        F63 tests are usually about the confusion between identity and equality in Python. Use ==/!= to compare str, bytes, and int literals is the classic case. These are areas where a == b is True but a is b is False (or vice versa). Python >= 3.8 will raise SyntaxWarnings on these instances.
        F7 tests logic errors and syntax errors in type hints
        F82 tests are almost always undefined names which are usually a sign of a typo, missing imports, or code that has not been ported to Python 3. These also would be compile-time errors in a compiled language but in Python, a NameError is raised which will halt/crash the script on the user.
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