gh-137226: Fix get_type_hints() on generic TypedDict with stringified annotations by JelleZijlstra · Pull Request #138953 · python/cpython
…gified annotations This issue appears specifically for TypedDicts because the TypedDict constructor code converts string annotations to ForwardRef objects, and those are not evaluated properly by the get_type_hints() stack because of other shenanigans with type parameters. This issue does not affect normal generic classes because their annotations are not pre-converted to ForwardRefs. The fix attempts to restore the pre- python#137227 behavior in the narrow scenario where the issue manifests. It mostly makes changes only in the paths accessible from get_type_hints(), ensuring that newer APIs (such as evaluate_forward_ref() and annotationlib) are not affected by get_type_hints()'s past odd choices. This PR does not fix python#138949, an older issue I discovered while playing around with this one; we'll need a separate and perhaps more invasive fix for that, but it should wait until after 3.14.0.
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Sep 16, 2025…h stringified annotations (pythonGH-138953) This issue appears specifically for TypedDicts because the TypedDict constructor code converts string annotations to ForwardRef objects, and those are not evaluated properly by the get_type_hints() stack because of other shenanigans with type parameters. This issue does not affect normal generic classes because their annotations are not pre-converted to ForwardRefs. The fix attempts to restore the pre- pythonGH-137227 behavior in the narrow scenario where the issue manifests. It mostly makes changes only in the paths accessible from get_type_hints(), ensuring that newer APIs (such as evaluate_forward_ref() and annotationlib) are not affected by get_type_hints()'s past odd choices. This PR does not fix issue pythonGH-138949, an older issue I discovered while playing around with this one; we'll need a separate and perhaps more invasive fix for that, but it should wait until after 3.14.0. (cherry picked from commit 6d6aba2) Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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