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 # import types, weakref  # Deferred to single_dispatch()
 from reprlib import recursive_repr
 from _thread import RLock
-from types import GenericAlias
 
+# Avoid importing types, so we can speedup import time
+GenericAlias = type(list[int])
 
 ################################################################################
 ### update_wrapper() and wraps() decorator
 
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+Improve import time of :mod:`functools` by around 13%. Patch by Alex
+Waygood.
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