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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.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Array",
+    "Device",
+    "Dtype",
+    "SupportsDLPack",
+    "SupportsBufferProtocol",
+    "PyCapsule",
+]
+
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Literal,
+    Sequence,
+    Type,
+    Union,
+    TypeVar,
+    Protocol,
+)
+
+from ._array_object import Array
+from numpy import (
+    dtype,
+    int8,
+    int16,
+    int32,
+    int64,
+    uint8,
+    uint16,
+    uint32,
+    uint64,
+    float32,
+    float64,
+)
+
+_T_co = TypeVar("_T_co", covariant=True)
+
+class NestedSequence(Protocol[_T_co]):
+    def __getitem__(self, key: int, /) -> _T_co | NestedSequence[_T_co]: ...
+    def __len__(self, /) -> int: ...
+
+Device = Literal["cpu"]
+
+Dtype = dtype[Union[
+    int8,
+    int16,
+    int32,
+    int64,
+    uint8,
+    uint16,
+    uint32,
+    uint64,
+    float32,
+    float64,
+]]
+
+
+SupportsBufferProtocol = Any
+PyCapsule = Any
+
+class SupportsDLPack(Protocol):
+    def __dlpack__(self, /, *, stream: None = ...) -> PyCapsule: ...