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3.14bugs and security fixesstdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directorytopic-replRelated to the interactive shelltype-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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opened on Aug 29, 2025

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Bug description:

In the Python 3.14.0rc2 REPL, type the following:

type Point = tuple[int, int]

You can see that type is highlighted as a builtin rather than a soft keyword, which does not match the description in PEP-695.

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

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Windows

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  1. 00ll00
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    on Aug 29, 2025
  2. 00ll00
    changed the title [-]"type" is not highlighted as a soft keyword in a type statement.[/-] [+]In the REPL "type" is not highlighted as a soft keyword in a type statement.[/+] on Aug 29, 2025
  3. brianschubert
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    topic-replRelated to the interactive shell
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    on Aug 29, 2025
  4. picnixz
    changed the title [-]In the REPL "type" is not highlighted as a soft keyword in a type statement.[/-] [+]In the REPL "type" is not highlighted as a soft keyword in a type statement[/+] on Aug 29, 2025
  5. ambv
    added a commit that references this issue on Sep 15, 2025

    gh-138239: Fix incorrect highlighting of "type" in type statements in…

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  6. miss-islington
    added a commit that references this issue on Sep 15, 2025

    pythongh-138239: Fix incorrect highlighting of "type" in type stateme…

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  8. encukou
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 7, 2025

    [3.14] gh-138239: Fix incorrect highlighting of "type" in type statem…

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  9. encukou
    closed this as completedon Oct 7, 2025
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