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+"""
+This file defines the types for type annotations.
+
+These names aren't part of the module namespace, but they are used in the
+annotations in the function signatures. The functions in the module are only
+valid for inputs that match the given type annotations.
+"""
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Array",
+    "Device",
+    "Dtype",
+    "SupportsDLPack",
+    "SupportsBufferProtocol",
+    "PyCapsule",
+]
+
+from typing import Any, Sequence, Type, Union
+
+from . import (
+    Array,
+    int8,
+    int16,
+    int32,
+    int64,
+    uint8,
+    uint16,
+    uint32,
+    uint64,
+    float32,
+    float64,
+)
+
+# This should really be recursive, but that isn't supported yet. See the
+# similar comment in numpy/typing/_array_like.py
+NestedSequence = Sequence[Sequence[Any]]
+
+Device = Any
+Dtype = Type[
+    Union[[int8, int16, int32, int64, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64]]
+]
+SupportsDLPack = Any
+SupportsBufferProtocol = Any
+PyCapsule = Any