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Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: typing_extensions
Version: 4.12.2
Summary: Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.8+
Keywords: annotations,backport,checker,checking,function,hinting,hints,type,typechecking,typehinting,typehints,typing
Author-email: "Guido van Rossum, Jukka Lehtosalo, Łukasz Langa, Michael Lee" <levkivskyi@gmail.com>
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
# Typing Extensions
[](https://gitter.im/python/typing)
## Overview
The `typing_extensions` module serves two related purposes:
- Enable use of new type system features on older Python versions. For example,
`typing.TypeGuard` is new in Python 3.10, but `typing_extensions` allows
users on previous Python versions to use it too.
- Enable experimentation with new type system PEPs before they are accepted and
added to the `typing` module.
`typing_extensions` is treated specially by static type checkers such as
mypy and pyright. Objects defined in `typing_extensions` are treated the same
way as equivalent forms in `typing`.
`typing_extensions` uses
major version will be incremented only for backwards-incompatible changes.
Therefore, it's safe to depend
on `typing_extensions` like this: `typing_extensions >=x.y, <(x+1)`,
where `x.y` is the first version that includes all features you need.
## Included items
complete listing of module contents.
## Contributing
for how to contribute to `typing_extensions`.