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Maybe missing ‘self’ in comparison

ID: py/comparison-missing-self
Kind: problem
Security severity: 
Severity: warning
Precision: very-high
Tags:
   - quality
   - reliability
   - correctness
   - external/cwe/cwe-570
   - external/cwe/cwe-571
Query suites:
   - python-code-quality.qls
   - python-security-and-quality.qls

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When two identical expressions are compared it is typically an indication of a mistake, since the Boolean value of the comparison will always be the same. Often, it can indicate that