[Python-ideas] Delay evaluation of annotations

[אלעזר]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:02 PM David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:59 PM, אלעזר <elazarg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't If this feature is "nice, but does not worth the complication",
>>> then so be it; I can't claim I know better. I only speculate that it does
>>> not necessarily requires a new custom type.
>>>
>>
> I don't mean a runtime type here (necessarily), but rather a new type for
> the parser.  I.e. transform this actual expression into some sort of
> delayed expression when parsing.
>

Just as a demonstration, the parser can transform `EXP` into `lambda: EXP`
- and that's it. It will not solve everything (e.g. error messages and
.__annotation__ access as Alexander says), but it demonstrates the fact
that the change need not be so deep at all.

Elazar
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