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Fix generic default documentation
George-Ogden Apr 19, 2026
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Update to more relevant PEP
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Expand Up @@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ and a type checker should flag this as an error.
AllTheDefaults[int, complex, str, int, bool]
) # All valid

With the new Python 3.12 syntax for generics (introduced by :pep:`695`), this can
With the new Python 3.13 syntax for generics (introduced by :pep:`696`), this can
be enforced at compile time::

type Alias[DefaultT = int, T] = tuple[DefaultT, T] # SyntaxError: non-default TypeVars cannot follow ones with defaults
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