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Author rhettinger
Recipients Mark.Shannon, nedbat, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka
Date 2020-12-22.03:04:50
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> But why remove it? It is in the source code.

Because traditionally, "if 0: <suite>" has been used as a way to comment out code while leaving syntax highlighting in place.  The expectation is all the code effectively ceases to exist, just like a comment.
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