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| author | Maximilian Hils <git@maximilianhils.com> | 2021-08-20 14:36:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-08-20 14:36:51 (GMT) |
| commit | 16b9be4861e007ad483611ba0479feb2b90ea783 (patch) | |
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bpo-44926: `get_type_hints`: Add note about type aliases with forward refs (#27859)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst index e8d7c9e..47d6c3a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/typing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst @@ -2013,6 +2013,13 @@ Introspection helpers 'name': Annotated[str, 'some marker'] } + .. note:: + + :func:`get_type_hints` does not work with imported + :ref:`type aliases <type-aliases>` that include forward references. + Enabling postponed evaluation of annotations (:pep:`563`) may remove + the need for most forward references. + .. versionchanged:: 3.9 Added ``include_extras`` parameter as part of :pep:`593`. |