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+from typing import Union, Tuple, Any
+
+import numpy as np
+
+# NOTE: `_StrLike_co` and `_BytesLike_co` are pointless, as `np.str_` and
+# `np.bytes_` are already subclasses of their builtin counterpart
+
+_CharLike_co = Union[str, bytes]
+
+# The 6 `<X>Like_co` type-aliases below represent all scalars that can be
+# coerced into `<X>` (with the casting rule `same_kind`)
+_BoolLike_co = Union[bool, np.bool_]
+_UIntLike_co = Union[_BoolLike_co, np.unsignedinteger]
+_IntLike_co = Union[_BoolLike_co, int, np.integer]
+_FloatLike_co = Union[_IntLike_co, float, np.floating]
+_ComplexLike_co = Union[_FloatLike_co, complex, np.complexfloating]
+_TD64Like_co = Union[_IntLike_co, np.timedelta64]
+
+_NumberLike_co = Union[int, float, complex, np.number, np.bool_]
+_ScalarLike_co = Union[
+    int,
+    float,
+    complex,
+    str,
+    bytes,
+    np.generic,
+]
+
+# `_VoidLike_co` is technically not a scalar, but it's close enough
+_VoidLike_co = Union[Tuple[Any, ...], np.void]