From 6b240c2308a044e38623900ccb8fa58c3549d4ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Sobolev <mail@sobolevn.me>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:12:58 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gh-119011: `type.__type_params__` now return an empty tuple
 (#119296)

---
 Lib/test/test_functools.py                                | 8 ++++++++
 Lib/test/test_type_params.py                              | 5 +++++
 .../2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst        | 2 ++
 Objects/typeobject.c                                      | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index 4a9a7313712..26701ea8b4d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -710,6 +710,14 @@ class TestUpdateWrapper(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(wrapper.__doc__.startswith('max('))
         self.assertEqual(wrapper.__annotations__, {})
 
+    def test_update_type_wrapper(self):
+        def wrapper(*args): pass
+
+        functools.update_wrapper(wrapper, type)
+        self.assertEqual(wrapper.__name__, 'type')
+        self.assertEqual(wrapper.__annotations__, {})
+        self.assertEqual(wrapper.__type_params__, ())
+
 
 class TestWraps(TestUpdateWrapper):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_type_params.py b/Lib/test/test_type_params.py
index aa9d4088bd7..bf1a34b9fc8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_type_params.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_type_params.py
@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ class TypeParamsAccessTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIs(T, C.Alias.__type_params__[0])
         self.assertIs(U, C.__type_params__[1])
 
+    def test_type_special_case(self):
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119011
+        self.assertEqual(type.__type_params__, ())
+        self.assertEqual(object.__type_params__, ())
+
 
 def make_base(arg):
     class Base:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0083c18da13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-05-21-09-46-51.gh-issue-119011.WOe3bu.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixes ``type.__type_params__`` to return an empty tuple instead of a
+descriptor.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 11f9c570ac4..9d849d83082 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -1848,6 +1848,10 @@ type_set_annotations(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *value, void *context)
 static PyObject *
 type_get_type_params(PyTypeObject *type, void *context)
 {
+    if (type == &PyType_Type) {
+        return PyTuple_New(0);
+    }
+
     PyObject *params;
     if (PyDict_GetItemRef(lookup_tp_dict(type), &_Py_ID(__type_params__), &params) == 0) {
         return PyTuple_New(0);