Extend linked variables functionality #1251

Job	Run time
Run linters with pre-commit	57s
Determine Python versions	4s
Test building the documentation	1m 47s
Python 3.13 on ubuntu-24.04 (standalone: false, 32bit: false)	1h 32m 19s
Python 3.13 on ubuntu-24.04 (standalone: false, 32bit: true)	1h 37m 57s
Python 3.13 on ubuntu-24.04 (standalone: true, 32bit: false)	30m 59s
Python 3.13 on ubuntu-24.04 (standalone: true, 32bit: true)	29m 43s
Python 3.13 on windows-2022 (standalone: false, 32bit: false)	2h 5m 18s
Python 3.13 on windows-2022 (standalone: false, 32bit: true)	2h 1m 19s
Python 3.13 on windows-2022 (standalone: true, 32bit: false)	28m 9s
Python 3.13 on windows-2022 (standalone: true, 32bit: true)	25m 57s
Python 3.13 on macOS-13 (standalone: false, 32bit: false)	2h 1m 24s
Python 3.13 on macOS-13 (standalone: false, 32bit: true)	1h 48m 5s
Python 3.13 on macOS-13 (standalone: true, 32bit: false)	30m 59s
Python 3.13 on macOS-13 (standalone: true, 32bit: true)	21m 13s
Python 3.13 on macOS-14 (standalone: false, 32bit: false)	58m 9s
Python 3.13 on macOS-14 (standalone: false, 32bit: true)	1h 17m 21s
Python 3.13 on macOS-14 (standalone: true, 32bit: false)	17m 38s
Python 3.13 on macOS-14 (standalone: true, 32bit: true)	14m 36s
Python 3.10 on ubuntu-24.04 (standalone: false, 32bit: false)	1h 31m 39s
Python 3.10 on ubuntu-24.04 (standalone: true, 32bit: false)	27m 20s
Indicate completion to coveralls.io	2s
	18h 42m 55s

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