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authorNikita Sobolev <mail@sobolevn.me>2023-04-10 14:57:17 (GMT)
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gh-97797: Mention `__metadata__` in docstrings of `typing.{_AnnotatedAlias, Annotated}` (#103405)
Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Kirill <80244920+Eclips4@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
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@@ -2154,6 +2154,8 @@ class _AnnotatedAlias(_NotIterable, _GenericAlias, _root=True):
with extra annotations. The alias behaves like a normal typing alias,
instantiating is the same as instantiating the underlying type, binding
it to types is also the same.
+
+ The metadata itself is stored in a '__metadata__' attribute as a tuple.
"""
def __init__(self, origin, metadata):
if isinstance(origin, _AnnotatedAlias):
@@ -2209,6 +2211,10 @@ class Annotated:
Details:
- It's an error to call `Annotated` with less than two arguments.
+ - Access the metadata via the ``__metadata__`` attribute::
+
+ Annotated[int, '$'].__metadata__ == ('$',)
+
- Nested Annotated are flattened::
Annotated[Annotated[T, Ann1, Ann2], Ann3] == Annotated[T, Ann1, Ann2, Ann3]