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Co-authored-by: Carol Willing <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <[email protected]>
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Accepts a wide range of Python callables, from plain functions and classes to
:func:`functools.partial` objects.

If the passed object has a ``__signature__`` attribute, this function
returns it without further computations.

For objects defined in modules using stringized annotations
(``from __future__ import annotations``), :func:`signature` will
attempt to automatically un-stringize the annotations using
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Python. For example, in CPython, some built-in functions defined in
C provide no metadata about their arguments.

.. note::

We may use the :attr:`!__signature__` attribute to create the signature.
The exact semantics are an implementation detail and are subject to
unannounced changes. Consult the source code for current semantics.


.. class:: Signature(parameters=None, *, return_annotation=Signature.empty)

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