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Minor improvements to typing docs (python#104465)
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JelleZijlstra authored May 14, 2023
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This module provides runtime support for type hints. The most fundamental
support consists of the types :data:`Any`, :data:`Union`, :data:`Callable`,
:class:`TypeVar`, and :class:`Generic`. For a full specification, please see
:class:`TypeVar`, and :class:`Generic`. For a specification, please see
:pep:`484`. For a simplified introduction to type hints, see :pep:`483`.


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when the checked program targets Python 3.9 or newer.

The deprecated types will be removed from the :mod:`typing` module
in the first Python version released 5 years after the release of Python 3.9.0.
no sooner than the first Python version released 5 years after the release of Python 3.9.0.
See details in :pep:`585`—*Type Hinting Generics In Standard Collections*.


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U = TypeVar('U', bound=str|bytes) # Can be any subtype of the union str|bytes
V = TypeVar('V', bound=SupportsAbs) # Can be anything with an __abs__ method

.. _typing-constrained-typevar:

Using a *constrained* type variable, however, means that the ``TypeVar``
can only ever be solved as being exactly one of the constraints given::

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.. data:: AnyStr

``AnyStr`` is a :class:`constrained type variable <TypeVar>` defined as
``AnyStr`` is a :ref:`constrained type variable <typing-constrained-typevar>` defined as
``AnyStr = TypeVar('AnyStr', str, bytes)``.

It is meant to be used for functions that may accept any kind of string
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Python 2 is no longer supported, and most type checkers also no longer
support type checking Python 2 code. Removal of the alias is not
currently planned, but users are encouraged to use
:class:`str` instead of ``Text`` wherever possible.
:class:`str` instead of ``Text``.

Abstract Base Classes
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