`get_type_hints` occurs NameError only if import `__future__.annotations`

[ornew]

from typing import get_type_hints


class A[T]:
    def __init__(self, x: T):
        self.x = x

    def foo(self):
        def bar() -> T:
            return self.x

        print(get_type_hints(bar))


A[int](5).foo()

Output: {'return': T}

from __future__ import annotations  # Add this

from typing import get_type_hints


class A[T]:
    def __init__(self, x: T):
        self.x = x

    def foo(self):
        def bar() -> T:
            return self.x

        print(get_type_hints(bar))


A[int](5).foo()

Error:

NameError: name 'T' is not defined

Is this the expected behavior?

Also, is there a way to make it work if __future__.annotations is imported?

[JelleZijlstra]

We fixed some variations of this, but your case doesn't work because the TypeVar is inherited from an outer scope, not directly associated with the bar function.

The best solution is to upgrade to Python 3.14 and remove from __future__ import annotations.