David E. Franco G. added the comment: as that is the case, how about this as a solution:
def formatannotation(annotation, base_module=None): if isinstance(annotation, type): if annotation.__module__ in ('builtins', base_module): return annotation.__qualname__ elif annotation.__module__ in ('typing', base_module): return repr(annotation).replace("typing.","") return annotation.__module__+'.'+annotation.__qualname__ return repr(annotation) the same way that it check for builtins, do it for typing and clean up a little. With that change the result with the example is >>> help(foo) Help on function foo in module __main__: foo(data:List[Any]) -> Iterator[Tuple[int, Any]] >>> ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27989> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com