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> macOS note: the test suite includes both `sample.f90` and `sample.F90` fixtures. These collide on case-insensitive HFS+ / APFS file systems. Run on Linux or in a Docker container if you need to test both Fortran variants simultaneously.

> Windows note: the native Windows test suite exercises symbolic links, long
> paths, POSIX permissions, path separators, and UTF-8 filesystem behavior.
> Enable Windows Developer Mode to allow unprivileged symbolic-link creation, or
> run the tests from an elevated shell. Enable the Windows `LongPathsEnabled`
> policy before relying on long-path tests. Restart affected shells or applications
> after changing either setting. For exact parity with the blocking GitHub Actions
> test matrix, run the suite in WSL or Linux; CI currently runs on Ubuntu with
> Python 3.10 and 3.12. Pyright is available as a local advisory check, but it is
> not currently a blocking CI job.

### Git workflow

- Active development happens on the `v8` branch.
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