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[Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is somewhat intentional.  'ignored, ignore, ignored, useful,
ignored, ignored =
some_dumb_tuple_that_should_have_been_an_object_with_attributes' is an
unfortunately common idiom, given the way some Python APIs are designed.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879941

Title:
  Unused variables aren't detected with destructuring assignment

Status in Pyflakes:
  New

Bug description:
  In the code:

  def foo():
      x, y = 1, 2
      return 3

  x and y are not shown as being unused.

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