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Mention exception for generic type aliases
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Update kinds_of_types.rst
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions docs/source/generics.rst
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Expand Up @@ -653,6 +653,8 @@ Generic protocols can also be recursive. Example:

result = last(L()) # Inferred type of 'result' is 'int'

.. _generic-type-aliases:

Generic type aliases
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion docs/source/kinds_of_types.rst
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Expand Up @@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ assigning the type to a variable:
.. note::

A type alias does not create a new type. It's just a shorthand notation for
another type -- it's equivalent to the target type.
another type -- it's equivalent to the target type except for
:ref:`generic aliases <generic-type-aliases>`.

.. _named-tuples:

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