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+# https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config_file.html
+[mypy]
+python_version = 3.9
+
+# https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/36198#issuecomment-1709521850
+follow_imports = skip
+ignore_missing_imports = True