Ensure the typing package is installed only if needed (python < 3.5) #27
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This prevents problems when installing cortex4py in recent python versions, where typing is installed as an external package, while there is a typing module included in the stdlib.
The external package then "shadows" the stdlib module, breaking other packages that use/rely on typing (when using cortex4py in a project with more dependencies)
I've used the suggested "incantation" to set up typing as a required dependency from the project site, here:
https://pypi.org/project/typing/
"For package maintainers, it is preferred to use typing;python_version<"3.5" if your package requires it to support earlier Python versions. This will avoid shadowing the stdlib typing module when your package is installed via pip install -t . on Python 3.5 or later."
Tested locally with python 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9