cannot import name 'TypeGuard' from 'typing_extensions'

Question

I am new to Python and found the following error with swmmtoolbox package. I would really appreciate your comments. Thanks

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\compat.py", line 16, in <module>
    from typing import Final, TypedDict, Literal, Protocol, **TypeGuard**, get_origin, get_args  # type: ignore

ImportError: cannot import name 'TypeGuard' from 'typing' (C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\typing.py)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last):

File "E:\VARS_Research\ostrich_swmm_master\ostrich_swmm\__main__.py", line 11, in <module>
    import extract

  File "E:\VARS_Research\ostrich_swmm_master\ostrich_swmm\extract.py", line 8, in <module>
    import swmmtoolbox.swmmtoolbox as swmmtoolbox

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\swmmtoolbox\swmmtoolbox.py", line 19, in <module>
    from tstoolbox import tsutils

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tstoolbox\tsutils.py", line 24, in <module>
    import typic

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from . import types, constraints

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\types\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .dsn import *

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\types\dsn.py", line 8, in <module>
    from typic.util import cached_property, slotted

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\util.py", line 41, in <module>
    import typic.checks as checks

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\checks.py", line 36, in <module>
    from typic.compat import (

  File "C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typic\compat.py", line 18, in <module>
    from typing_extensions import Final, TypedDict, Literal, TypeGuard, Protocol, get_origin, get_args  # type: ignore

ImportError: cannot import name 'TypeGuard' from 'typing_extensions' (C:\Users\Hydraulic Group\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\typing_extensions.py)s about this issue.

Answer 1

Had the exact same problem, upgrading typing-extensions worked for me:

pip install typing-extensions --upgrade