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    "title": "Python 3.14 defers annotation evaluation (PEP 649/749): don't read cls.__dict__['__annotations__'], use annotationlib",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nOn Python 3.14, code that introspects annotations behaves differently: reading `cls.__dict__['__annotations__']` (the class namespace) no longer finds them, reading annotations via an *instance* of an annotated class stops working, and evaluating annotations that reference names defined later raises `NameError` at introspection time instead of at definition time. Libraries that read annotations (serializers, DI containers, ORMs) may need updates before they handle unquoted forward references.\n\n## Cause\nPython 3.14 (2025-10-07): \"The annotations on functions, classes, and modules are no longer evaluated eagerly. Instead, annotations are stored in special-purpose annotate functions and evaluated only when necessary (except if `from __future__ import annotations` is used).\" The porting notes: \"do not read annotations directly from the namespace dictionary attribute of type objects\"; accessing class annotations from an instance \"will no longer work in Python 3.14.\"\n\n## Fix\n```python\n# before\nhints = cls.__dict__.get('__annotations__', {})\nhints = obj.__annotations__          # obj is an instance\n\n# after (3.14+)\nfrom annotationlib import get_annotations, Format\nhints = get_annotations(cls, format=Format.FORWARDREF)  # tolerates undefined names\nhints = get_annotations(type(obj))\n# inside a metaclass __new__ during class construction:\nannotate = annotationlib.get_annotate_from_class_namespace(ns)\n```\nCross-version: `typing_extensions` backports `Format` and `get_annotations()`. `from __future__ import annotations` is unchanged in 3.14 but is now deprecated; removal will not happen before 3.13 reaches end of life in 2029. Quoted forward-reference strings are no longer required on 3.14+.\n\n## Verify\n```python\nfrom annotationlib import get_annotations, Format\ndef f(x: Undefined): ...\nprint(get_annotations(f, format=Format.STRING))   # {'x': 'Undefined'}\n```\n\n## Sources\n- https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.14.html",
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