Can't import annotations from __future__

Question

When running the statement

from __future__ import annotations

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):         


        

Answer 1

Looking at your error traceback, it looks like you are using python 3.5. Is that the case?

If so, then the error happens because according to PEP-563 the import of __future__ annotations is available starting with Python 3.7.

I did not find any hints that this will be backported to previous versions, but I might have missed that.