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title: "Flow's Improved Handling of Generic Types"
short-title: "Generic Types Improvements"
authors: [michael-vitousek]
medium-link: "https://medium.com/flow-type/flows-improved-handling-of-generic-types-b5909cc5e3c5"
---

:::info[Historical]
This post announced improved handling of generic types when it was introduced. For current syntax and behavior, see the [Generics](/en/docs/types/generics) documentation.
:::

Flow has improved its handling of generic types by banning unsafe behaviors previously allowed and clarifying error messages.

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