Recognize when seemingly redundant naming patterns serve specific technical purposes rather than being mistakes or oversights. Some naming conventions that appear duplicative are actually intentional and necessary for technical reasons.

Common examples include:

Before suggesting changes to apparently redundant naming, verify whether the pattern serves a technical requirement such as type checking, import management, or API design. Understanding the underlying purpose helps distinguish between genuine redundancy and intentional technical patterns.

# Intentional - republishing import in type stub
from ._element import HtmlElement as HtmlElement

# Intentional - same logical function, different signatures  
@overload
def strip_elements(tree: _ElementOrTree, tags: Collection[_TagSelector]) -> None: ...
@overload  
def strip_elements(tree: _ElementOrTree, *tags: _TagSelector) -> None: ...