[issue30518] Import type aliases from another module

John Jackson added the comment: Thanks for your response! Yes, the problem was a circular definition. I still have much to learn about Python... -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue30518] Import type aliases from another module

Ivan Levkivskyi added the comment: > Block = [int, Tuple[int]] > Blocks = List[Block] These are both invalid type aliases (I have no idea why PyCharm does not flag them, you could report this at PyCharm issue tracker). I am not sure what exactly you want. If you want a list of either

[issue30518] Import type aliases from another module

Jelle Zijlstra added the comment: This is likely an issue with the setup of your project, not with type aliases. You haven't given enough information to tell me what the real problem is. I'm not sure what you mean by "I still can't compile 'Blocks'". -- nosy: +Jelle Zijlstra

[issue30518] Import type aliases from another module

John Jackson added the comment: I just found out that the problem is even worse. While PyCharm accepts the syntax below, I still can't compile 'Blocks'. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30518] Import type aliases from another module

New submission from John Jackson: I have a 'base' module where I define some type aliases, such as: from typing import List, Tuple Block = [int, Tuple[int]] Blocks = List[Block] Tags = List[str] I would like to import these aliases into other modules so that the 'base' module