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+#  ___________________________________________________________________________
+#
+#  Pyomo: Python Optimization Modeling Objects
+#  Copyright (c) 2008-2024
+#  National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
+#  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with National Technology and
+#  Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, the U.S. Government retains certain
+#  rights in this software.
+#  This software is distributed under the 3-clause BSD License.
+#  ___________________________________________________________________________
+#
+
+# This is a simple module used as part of testing moved_module()
+
+
+class Bar(object):
+    data = 42