Can't assign entry to `__annotations__` unless a class has existing annotation
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Description
Bug report
Can't assign entry to __annotations__ unless a class has existing annotation. This is related to https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/88067.
python 3.9:
Python 3.9.7 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Sep 29 2021, 20:33:18)
[Clang 11.1.0 ] on darwin
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>>> class Foo:
... __annotations__["b"] = int
...
>>> Foo.__annotations__
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: type object 'Foo' has no attribute '__annotations__'
>>> class Foo:
... a: int
... __annotations__["b"] = int
...
>>> Foo.__annotations__
{'a': <class 'int'>, 'b': <class 'int'>}
python 3.10/python 3.11-rc:
Python 3.10.5 (main, Jul 12 2022, 11:32:11) [GCC 10.2.1 20210110] on linux
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>>> class Foo:
... __annotations__["a"] = int
...
>>> Foo.__annotations__
{}
>>> class Foo:
... a: float
... __annotations__["b"] = int
...
>>> Foo.__annotations__
{'a': <class 'float'>, 'b': <class 'int'>}
Your environment
- CPython versions tested on: 3.9, 3.10, 3.11-rc
- Operating system and architecture: Mac, Linux
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the class-body examples on the affected Python versions and read the related issue 88067 for the surrounding annotation behavior. Trace how class-level annotations is initialized and verify that assigning an entry in a class with no prior annotations preserves that entry without changing the existing annotated-class behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
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- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100