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Like `typing._eval_type`, but lets older Python versions use newer typing features.
This is a tiny package providing a replacement for typing._eval_type
to support newer typing features in older Python versions.
Yes, that's very specific, and yes, typing._eval_type
is a protected function that you shouldn't normally be using. Really this package is specifically made for https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/issues/7873.
Specifically, this transforms X | Y
into typing.Union[X, Y]
and list[X]
into typing.List[X]
etc. (for all the types made generic in PEP 585)
if the original syntax is not supported in the current Python version.
From PyPI:
pip install eval-type-backport
or with Conda:
conda install -c conda-forge eval-type-backport
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Like `typing._eval_type`, but lets older Python versions use newer typing features.
We found that eval-type-backport demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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