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+*.py[cod]
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+__pycache__
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.tox
+
+# iPython temp files
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# Mac DS files
+.DS_Store
+
+# ReadTheDocs build directory
+_build