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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Init-file for the stub-file for the library SciencePlots, which is a dependency
+of scientific_plots. This library must only be imported, but remains unused in
+the code, except for the added "science" style. Thus, this module does not
+actually contain any functions or classed.
+"""