gh-105509: Simplify the implementation of typing.Annotated

Lib/test/test_typing.py

@@ -8177,8 +8177,7 @@ class AnnotatedTests(BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_new(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(
-            TypeError,
-            'Type Annotated cannot be instantiated',
+            TypeError, 'Cannot instantiate typing.Annotated',
         ):
             Annotated()
 

Lib/typing.py

@@ -2001,7 +2001,8 @@ def __mro_entries__(self, bases):
         return (self.__origin__,)
 
 
-class Annotated:
+@_SpecialForm
+def Annotated(self, params):
     """Add context-specific metadata to a type.
 
     Example: Annotated[int, runtime_check.Unsigned] indicates to the
@@ -2048,30 +2049,17 @@ class Annotated:
       where T1, T2 etc. are TypeVars, which would be invalid, because
       only one type should be passed to Annotated.
     """
-
-    __slots__ = ()
-
-    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-        raise TypeError("Type Annotated cannot be instantiated.")
-
-    @_tp_cache
-    def __class_getitem__(cls, params):
-        if not isinstance(params, tuple) or len(params) < 2:
-            raise TypeError("Annotated[...] should be used "
-                            "with at least two arguments (a type and an "
-                            "annotation).")
-        if _is_unpacked_typevartuple(params[0]):
-            raise TypeError("Annotated[...] should not be used with an "
-                            "unpacked TypeVarTuple")
-        msg = "Annotated[t, ...]: t must be a type."
-        origin = _type_check(params[0], msg, allow_special_forms=True)
-        metadata = tuple(params[1:])
-        return _AnnotatedAlias(origin, metadata)
-
-    def __init_subclass__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-        raise TypeError(
-            "Cannot subclass {}.Annotated".format(cls.__module__)
-        )
+    if not isinstance(params, tuple) or len(params) < 2:
+        raise TypeError("Annotated[...] should be used "
+                        "with at least two arguments (a type and an "
+                        "annotation).")
+    if _is_unpacked_typevartuple(params[0]):
+        raise TypeError("Annotated[...] should not be used with an "
+                        "unpacked TypeVarTuple")
+    msg = "Annotated[t, ...]: t must be a type."
+    origin = _type_check(params[0], msg, allow_special_forms=True)
+    metadata = tuple(params[1:])
+    return _AnnotatedAlias(origin, metadata)
 
 
 def runtime_checkable(cls):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-08-15-56-45.gh-issue-105509.YIG57j.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:data:`typing.Annotated` is now implemented as an instance of
+``typing._SpecialForm`` rather than a class. This should have no user-facing
+impact for users of the :mod:`typing` module public API.