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+"""Checks variable types aren't redefined within a method or a function"""
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods, missing-docstring, unused-variable
+
+_OK = True
+
+def my_func():
+    var = 'foo'
+    var = 'bar'
+    var = var.split()  # [redefined-variable-type]
+
+class MyClass(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.var = True
+        self.var1 = 2
+        self.var2 = 1.
+        self.var1 = 2.  # [redefined-variable-type]
+        self.a_str = "hello"
+        a_str = False
+        (a_str, b_str) = (1, 2)
+        a_str = 2.0 if self.var else 1.0
+
+    def _getter(self):
+        return self.a_str
+    def _setter(self, val):
+        self.a_str = val
+    var2 = property(_getter, _setter)
+
+    def some_method(self):
+        self.var = 1
+        test = 'foo'
+        myint = 2
+        myint = False  # [redefined-variable-type]
+
+_OK = "This is OK"  # [redefined-variable-type]
+
+SOME_FLOAT = 1.
+
+def dummy_function():
+    return 2
+
+def other_function():
+    instance = MyClass()
+    instance = True  # [redefined-variable-type]
+
+SOME_FLOAT = dummy_function()  # [redefined-variable-type]
+
+A_GLOB = None
+A_GLOB = [1, 2, 3]
+