The discussion on the name change came from Łukasz https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18239#discussion_r380996908
I suggested "GenericType" to be in line with other things in types.py. On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:39 PM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > I can't find it right now, but IIRC somebody commented that "GenericAlias" > is a somewhat odd name. I didn't spend much time thinking about the name, I > just took it from `typing._GenericAlias` (which has a similar role). > > It would be hard to change the name later. ATM it's one global substitute > on my branch. Should we change it? To what? > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> >
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