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Remove set_trace on var_eq_old

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#1,171 opened on May 7, 2025

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Description

There's a bunch of these:

set_trace "BasicProvers.var_eq_old" 1

in the codebase.

It would be good to remove these toggles as they're a bit gross.

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Search the codebase for the string 'set trace "BasicProvers.var eq old" 1' and remove those lines. Verify that the module 'BasicProvers.var eq old' is not used elsewhere before deletion.
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1
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