Bug report

Bug description:

Tested on 3.14.0a1 - related to implementation of PEP 649 / PEP 749 - #119180

If a type uses dotted access but can't be evaluated, get_annotations returns _Stringifier objects instead of ForwardRef objects.

from annotationlib import get_annotations, Format

class Example:
    dotted: typing.Any
    undotted: Any

ann = get_annotations(Example, format=Format.FORWARDREF)

for name, value in ann.items():
    print(f"{name!r}: {value!r} | type: {type(value)!r}")

Output:

'dotted': typing.Any | type: <class 'annotationlib._Stringifier'>
'undotted': ForwardRef('Any') | type: <class 'annotationlib.ForwardRef'>

I'd expect to see ForwardRef('typing.Any') here so this was surprising. I also found another bug related to dotted access but not related to Stringifiers that I'll raise separately.

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

Linked PRs

• gh-125614: annotationlib: Fix bug where not all Stringifiers are converted #125635