Changed code to support older Python versions

venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/main.py

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+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+def main(args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int:
+    """This is preserved for old console scripts that may still be referencing
+    it.
+
+    For additional details, see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7498.
+    """
+    from pip._internal.utils.entrypoints import _wrapper
+
+    return _wrapper(args)