"Annotations are no longer evaluated at definition time. Instead, their processing is deferred until you explicitly access them. Forward references work out of the box without needing string literals or from __future__ import annotations. Circular imports are no longer an issue for type hints because annotations don't trigger immediate name resolution. Startup performance improves, especially for modules with expensive annotation expressions. Standard tools, such as typing.get_type_hints() and inspect.get_annotations(), still work but now benefit from the new evaluation strategy."
"inspect.get_annotations() becomes deprecated in favor of the enhanced annotationlib.get_annotations(). You can now request annotations at runtime in alternative formats, including strings, values, and proxy objects that safely handle forward references. These changes make type hinting faster, safer, and easier to use, mostly without breaking backward compatibility. Interactive Quiz Test your knowledge of annotations and type hints, including how different Python versions evaluate them at runtime."
Python 3.14 defers evaluation of annotations until annotations are explicitly accessed at runtime. Forward references work without string literals or from __future__ import annotations. Circular import problems related to type hints are avoided because annotations no longer force immediate name resolution. Module startup performance improves, especially when annotations contain expensive expressions. Standard utilities such as typing.get_type_hints() continue to operate and benefit from lazy evaluation. inspect.get_annotations() is deprecated in favor of annotationlib.get_annotations(), which can return annotations as strings, values, or proxy objects that handle forward references safely. Type hinting becomes faster, safer, and easier while largely preserving backward compatibility. A quiz checks knowledge of version differences in annotation behavior.
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