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Generics in throws tag is not supported

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#11,419 opened on May 5, 2025

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Description

https://psalm.dev/r/5024bee2a2

Something like @throws MyException<\DateTime> is not working.

It works fine on phpstan side https://phpstan.org/r/72ff6d55-3b7f-4aca-8d7a-ef306e809205

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Investigate how Psalm's docblock parser handles generic types in @throws and implement support similar to phpstan's handling.
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php
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