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-rw-r--r--Doc/howto/annotations.rst6
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/typing.rst4
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_grammar.py22
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/howto/annotations.rst b/Doc/howto/annotations.rst
index 2bc2f2d..4720690 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/annotations.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/annotations.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ Accessing The Annotations Dict Of An Object In Python 3.10 And Newer
newer is to call :func:`getattr` with three arguments,
for example ``getattr(o, '__annotations__', None)``.
+ Before Python 3.10, accessing ``__annotations__`` on a class that
+ defines no annotations but that has a parent class with
+ annotations would return the parent's ``__annotations__``.
+ In Python 3.10 and newer, the child class's annotations
+ will be an empty dict instead.
+
Accessing The Annotations Dict Of An Object In Python 3.9 And Older
===================================================================
diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst
index 356f919..4eed6b4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/typing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst
@@ -2777,6 +2777,10 @@ Introspection helpers
.. versionchanged:: 3.9
Added ``include_extras`` parameter as part of :pep:`593`.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+ Calling ``get_type_hints()`` on a class no longer returns the annotations
+ of its base classes.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.11
Previously, ``Optional[t]`` was added for function and method annotations
if a default value equal to ``None`` was set.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
index 58f907e..5b94602 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
@@ -415,6 +415,28 @@ class GrammarTests(unittest.TestCase):
x: int
x.y: list = []
+ def test_annotations_inheritance(self):
+ # Check that annotations are not inherited by derived classes
+ class A:
+ attr: int
+ class B(A):
+ pass
+ class C(A):
+ attr: str
+ class D:
+ attr2: int
+ class E(A, D):
+ pass
+ class F(C, A):
+ pass
+ self.assertEqual(A.__annotations__, {"attr": int})
+ self.assertEqual(B.__annotations__, {})
+ self.assertEqual(C.__annotations__, {"attr" : str})
+ self.assertEqual(D.__annotations__, {"attr2" : int})
+ self.assertEqual(E.__annotations__, {})
+ self.assertEqual(F.__annotations__, {})
+
+
def test_var_annot_metaclass_semantics(self):
class CMeta(type):
@classmethod