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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    sphinx.util.typing
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    The composit types for Sphinx.
+
+    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2016 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
+"""
+
+from six import PY3
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Tuple
+
+from docutils import nodes
+from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner
+
+
+if PY3:
+    unicode = str
+
+# common role functions
+RoleFunction = Callable[[unicode, unicode, unicode, int, Inliner, Dict, List[unicode]],
+                        Tuple[List[nodes.Node], List[nodes.Node]]]