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DrRacket incorrectly marks required files as unused in certain cases

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Description

On DrRacket 6.4
An example program:

#lang typed/racket
(require math/flonum)
(fl 1)

Mouseover on "math/flonum" will show an arrow to the fl binding saying "1 bound occurrence", yet the file is marked red as though unused.

This seems to occur consistently for all files which are only required and used for type annotations, and for certain other bindings such as the above.

On the other hand, mouseover works as expected if fl is not used in a function call, e.g

#lang typed/racket
(require math/flonum)
fl

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Reproduce the examples in DrRacket 6.4 using typed/racket and math/flonum, comparing the fl function-call case with the standalone fl case. Trace the unused-file marking and its mouseover binding result; done means required files used for type annotations or bindings are not marked red while the existing mouseover behavior remains correct.

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devtools
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
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