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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='micropython-types',
+      version='0.0.1',
+      description='CPython types module ported to MicroPython',
+      url='https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/405',
+      author='CPython Developers',
+      maintainer='MicroPython Developers',
+      maintainer_email='micro-python@googlegroups.com',
+      license='Python',
+      py_modules=['types'])