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Stub files
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(Originally specified in :pep:`484`.)

Stub files are files containing type hints that are only for use by
the type checker, not at runtime. There are several use cases for
stub files:
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stubs collected there are decided separately and described in the project's
documentation.

.. _packaging-typed-libraries:

Type information in libraries
-----------------------------

(Originally specified in :pep:`561`.)

There are several motivations and methods of supporting typing in a package.
This specification recognizes three types of packages that users of typing wish to
create:
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