> The annotations on functions, classes, and modules are no longer evaluated eagerly. Instead, annotations are stored in special-purpose annotate functions and evaluated only when necessary. This is specified in PEP 649 and PEP 749.<p>FWIW, these "annotate functions" are named `__annotate__` per my suggestion (<a href="https://discuss.python.org/t/_/25672/4" rel="nofollow">https://discuss.python.org/t/_/25672/4</a>).