Using the new types file

scrapling/custom_types.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import re
 from types import MappingProxyType
 from collections.abc import Mapping
-from typing import Dict, List, Union, Pattern
 
 from scrapling.utils import _is_iterable, flatten
+from scrapling._types import Dict, List, Union, Pattern
 
 from orjson import loads, dumps
 from w3lib.html import replace_entities as _replace_entities

scrapling/parser.py

@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 import os
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Pattern, Union, Callable, Generator
-try:
-    from typing import SupportsIndex
-except ImportError:
-    # 'SupportsIndex' got added in Python 3.8
-    SupportsIndex = None
 
 from scrapling.translator import HTMLTranslator
 from scrapling.mixins import SelectorsGeneration
 from scrapling.custom_types import TextHandler, AttributesHandler
 from scrapling.storage_adaptors import SQLiteStorageSystem, StorageSystemMixin, _StorageTools
 from scrapling.utils import setup_basic_logging, logging, clean_spaces, flatten, html_forbidden
+from scrapling._types import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Pattern, Union, Callable, Generator, SupportsIndex
 
 from lxml import etree, html
 from cssselect import SelectorError, SelectorSyntaxError, parse as split_selectors

scrapling/storage_adaptors.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import logging
 import threading
 from hashlib import sha256
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
 
+from scrapling._types import Dict, Optional, Union
 from scrapling.utils import _StorageTools, cache
 
 from lxml import html

scrapling/translator.py

@@ -9,24 +9,14 @@ which will be important in future releases but most importantly...
 import re
 
 from w3lib.html import HTML5_WHITESPACE
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional
-try:
-    from typing import Protocol
-except ImportError:
-    # Added in Python 3.8
-    Protocol = object
-
 from scrapling.utils import cache
+from scrapling._types import Any, Optional, Protocol, Self
 
 from cssselect.xpath import ExpressionError
 from cssselect.xpath import XPathExpr as OriginalXPathExpr
 from cssselect import HTMLTranslator as OriginalHTMLTranslator
 from cssselect.parser import Element, FunctionalPseudoElement, PseudoElement
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    # typing.Self requires Python 3.11
-    from typing_extensions import Self
-
 
 regex = f"[{HTML5_WHITESPACE}]+"
 replace_html5_whitespaces = re.compile(regex).sub