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How does the trace module's coverage analysis differ from what a profiler like cProfile gives you?
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```
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...
```
Why is this a real security bug in production?
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```
assert x == y
```
and
```
self.assertEqual(x, y)
```
in a failing unittest?
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```
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```
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