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introduce scopes identified by types

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Description

currently we have scopes as opaque strings, that somewhat relate to python things,
but clearly dont match the types of collection nodes we have

we should introduce a more nuanced mechanism so that we can better handle non-python nodes for
both code checkers and different language plugins (bdd style languages and spec type tests in yaml files come to mind)

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The issue does not name files or tests. Start by tracing how opaque string scopes are represented alongside collection-node types, then examine the interfaces used by code checkers and language plugins. Done means a defined scope mechanism can distinguish non-Python nodes and support the mentioned plugin use cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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