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typing: make Protocol definition reflect runtime - #16386

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Follow-up to #14583, which moved Generic from _SpecialForm to type[_Generic] and named Protocol as a future candidate for the same treatment. See python/mypy#21940.

Declare class _Protocol and use type[_Protocol] for typing.Protocol and typing_extensions.Protocol, mirroring Generic; remove the stubtest allowlist entries this makes unnecessary.

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Diff from mypy_primer, showing the effect of this PR on open source code:

beartype (https://github.com/beartype/beartype)
+ beartype/_util/hint/pep/proposal/pep544.py:115: error: Unused "type: ignore" comment  [unused-ignore]

trio (https://github.com/python-trio/trio)
+ src/trio/_tests/test_exports.py:36: error: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "type[typing._Protocol]", variable has type "type[typing_extensions._Protocol]")  [assignment]

DateType (https://github.com/glyph/DateType)
- src/datetype/__init__.py:29: error: Unused "type: ignore" comment  [unused-ignore]

dacite (https://github.com/konradhalas/dacite)
- dacite/data.py:4: error: Unused "type: ignore" comment  [unused-ignore]

meson (https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson)
+ mesonbuild/minstall.py:43:9: error: Incompatible import of "Protocol" (imported name has type "type[typing_extensions._Protocol]", local name has type "type[typing._Protocol]")  [assignment]

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JelleZijlstra merged commit bacf74a into python:main Sep 17, 2026
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