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Support annotations in signature strings.

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Description

BPO 37496
Nosy @gvanrossum, @ambv, @ericsnowcurrently, @ilevkivskyi, @pablogsal, @isidentical, @shihai1991, @potomak, @FFY00

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2019-07-03.23:45:26.337>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.9']
title = 'Support annotations in signature strings.'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-17.19:37:08.940>
user = 'https://github.com/ericsnowcurrently'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-05-17.19:37:08.940>
actor = 'FFY00'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2019-07-03.23:45:26.337>
creator = 'eric.snow'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 37496
keywords = []
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['347247', '348139', '348182', '348496', '348556', '349184', '349210', '357676', '357679', '369042']
nosy_count = 10.0
nosy_names = ['gvanrossum', 'lukasz.langa', 'eric.snow', 'levkivskyi', 'pablogsal', 'BTaskaya', 'Eric Wieser', 'shihai1991', 'potomak', 'FFY00']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue37496'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

Linked PRs
  • gh-101872

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the original BPO issue details and linked PR gh-101872, since the issue names no files or tests. Determine the affected library entry points and test coverage there; done means signature strings support annotations with corresponding tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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