Metaclasses with type annotated attributes do not add `__annotations__ = {}` to derived classes.
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
This can cause odd behaviour for subclasses which then propagate their parent's annotations rather than their own.
class MyType(type):
METACLASS_VAR: int = 1
class A(metaclass=MyType):
value: str = "HI"
class B(A):
pass
B.__annotations__ # {"value": str} instead of {}; but if you remove the type annotation in `MyType`, you get {}
This issue only seems to affect versions prior to 3.14
CPython versions tested on:
3.10, 3.13, 3.14
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
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Research direction
Start with the reported MyType, A, and B reproducer on CPython 3.10 and 3.13, comparing it with 3.14. Trace how type-annotated attributes on the metaclass affect the derived class's annotations. Done means subclasses like B receive their own empty annotations dictionary rather than inheriting A's annotations, with behavior verified on Linux.
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- python
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- compilers
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- Bug
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- 3-5 days
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