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main.py

from typing import Optional
from typing import reveal_type


def bug_wrong(my_list: list[tuple[int, str, str]]) -> bool:
    for _, *my_tuple in my_list:
        reveal_type(my_tuple)
        if my_tuple == ('foo', 'bar'):
            return True
    return False


def bug_right(my_list: list[tuple[int, str, str]]) -> bool:
    for my_tuple in my_list:
        reveal_type(my_tuple)
        reveal_type(my_tuple[1:])
        if my_tuple[1:] == ('foo', 'bar'):
            return True
    return False