apparently you can't define a recursive type in python

so maybe i should not have expected too much out of an Industry Language™ tm but wow that actually sucks

@confusedcharlot is that the one that provides delayed processing of annotations? well no because even if you define a recursive type using strings mypy still complains

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@haskal i guess it's a specific problem with the mypy type checker. isn't statically typing python a relatively new thing?

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