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+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = E203, E266, E501
+# line length is intentionally set to 80 here because black uses Bugbear
+# See https://github.com/psf/black/blob/master/docs/the_black_code_style.md#line-length for more details
+max-line-length = 80
+max-complexity = 18
+select = B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9