Remove dead code and stale Python 2 leftovers (with the help of Claude Fable)#947
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- ClassTypes tuple in traitlets.py, a Python 2/3 compat constant never used and not exported
- execfile() shim in config/loader.py, shadowing the removed Python 2 builtin, never called
- Config._merge in config/loader.py, a deprecated private alias for Config.merge that was never called and never warned
All verified unreferenced across the package, tests, and docs: - ClassTypes tuple in traitlets.py, a Python 2/3 compat constant never used and not exported - execfile() shim in config/loader.py, shadowing the removed Python 2 builtin, never called - Config._merge in config/loader.py, a deprecated private alias for Config.merge that was never called and never warned
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