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 #Semantic version of extractor.
 #Update this if any changes are made
-VERSION = "7.1.7"
+VERSION = "7.1.8"
 
 PY_EXTENSIONS = ".py", ".pyw"
 
 
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+---
+category: fix
+---
+
+- Using `=` as a fill character in a format specifier (e.g `f"{x:=^20}"`) now no longer results in a syntax error during parsing.
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 +---
 +category: fix
 +---
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 +- Using `=` as a fill character in a format specifier (e.g `f"{x:=^20}"`) now no longer results in a syntax error during parsing.