Partial normalization assigned the optional Python 3.14 placeholder
sentinel separately from its only conditional consumer.
Bind the sentinel with a walrus expression directly in the guard while
retaining the `getattr()` fallback for older Python versions.
Review: PR #481 (goodboy)
https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/481#pullrequestreview-5012942328
Prompt-IO: ai/prompt-io/opencode/20260825T021319Z_ce430fca_prompt_io.md
(this patch was generated in some part by `opencode` using `gpt-5.6-sol` (`openai`))