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[3.13] gh-123242: Note that type.__annotations__ may not exist (GH-124557) (#124569)
Closes GH-123242. The real criterion is that the attribute does not
exist on heap types, but I don't think we should discuss heap vs.
static types in the language reference.
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@ -1011,6 +1011,14 @@ Special attributes
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collected during class body execution. For best practices on working
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with :attr:`!__annotations__`, please see :ref:`annotations-howto`.
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.. caution::
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Accessing the :attr:`!__annotations__` attribute of a class
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object directly may yield incorrect results in the presence of
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metaclasses. In addition, the attribute may not exist for
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some classes. Use :func:`inspect.get_annotations` to
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retrieve class annotations safely.
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* - .. attribute:: type.__type_params__
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- A :class:`tuple` containing the :ref:`type parameters <type-params>` of
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a :ref:`generic class <generic-classes>`.
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