Ruggedize cmd2's runtime type annotation validation#1442
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…g.get_type_hints Previously it was based on inspect.signature. The problem is that to Python 3.10, the inspect module doesn't have a safe way of evaluating type annotations that works equivalently both in the presence or absence of "from __future__ import annotations". Hence, any attempt at using that in an app would break cmd2. This change adds a get_types() helper function to the cmd2.utils module which uses typing.get_type_hints() to do the introspection in a safer way.
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… for this change I first verified that this test fails on the current master branch
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Change cmd2's runtime type annotation validation for hook callback function registration to be based on
typing.get_type_hintsPreviously it was based on
inspect.signature. The problem is that prior to Python 3.10, theinspectmodule doesn't have a safe way of evaluating type annotations that works equivalently both in the presence or absence offrom __future__ import annotations. Hence, any attempt at using that in an app would breakcmd2. Even in Python 3.10+, it requires an extra argument to be provided.This change adds a
get_types()helper function to thecmd2.utilsmodule which usestyping.get_type_hints()to do the introspection in a safer way.Down the road when
cmd2drops support for Python 3.9, we can evaluate to switching the underlying implementation to useinspect.get_annotations()if we wish.Closes #1443