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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Backport support for get_type_hints on lone stringified ClassVar","articleBody":"Currently, both `typing.get_type_hints` and `typing_extensions.get_type_hints` fail on a lone stringified `ClassVar` annotation in Python 3.9 and 3.10:\n\n```python\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\nfrom typing import ClassVar, get_type_hints as get_type_hints\nfrom typing_extensions import get_type_hints as get_type_hints_ext\n\n\nclass Foo:\n    MY_CLASS_CONSTANT: ClassVar = 5\n\n\ntry:\n    _ = get_type_hints(Foo)\nexcept TypeError as exc:\n    print(exc)\n\ntry:\n    _ = get_type_hints_ext(Foo)\nexcept TypeError as exc:\n    print(exc)\n```\n\nThis is unfortunate, as https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90711 addressed this for Python 3.11+, so it would be nice if `typing-extensions` backported this fix for older python versions.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ItsDrike","@type":"Person","name":"ItsDrike"},"datePublished":"2025-08-10T17:54:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/643/typing_extensions/issues/643"}