bpo-46342: make @typing.final introspectable

Doc/library/typing.rst

@@ -1985,6 +1985,15 @@ Functions and decorators
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.8
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+      The decorator will now set the ``__final__`` attribute to ``True``
+      on the decorated object. Thus, a check like
+      ``if getattr(obj, "__final__", False)`` can be used at runtime
+      to determine whether an object ``obj`` has been marked as final.
+      If the decorated object does not support setting attributes,
+      the decorator returns the object unchanged without raising an exception.
+
+
 .. decorator:: no_type_check
 
    Decorator to indicate that annotations are not type hints.

Lib/test/test_typing.py

@@ -2536,10 +2536,47 @@ def test_no_isinstance(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             issubclass(int, Final)
 
+
+class FinalDecoratorTests(BaseTestCase):
     def test_final_unmodified(self):
         def func(x): ...
         self.assertIs(func, final(func))
 
+    def test_dunder_final(self):
+        @final
+        def func(): ...
+        @final
+        class Cls: ...
+        self.assertIs(True, func.__final__)
+        self.assertIs(True, Cls.__final__)
+
+        class Wrapper:
+            __slots__ = ("func",)
+            def __init__(self, func):
+                self.func = func
+            def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                return self.func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Check that no error is thrown if the attribute
+        # is not writable.
+        @final
+        @Wrapper
+        def wrapped(): ...
+        self.assertIsInstance(wrapped, Wrapper)
+        self.assertIs(False, hasattr(wrapped, "__final__"))
+
+        class Meta(type):
+            @property
+            def __final__(self): return "can't set me"
+        @final
+        class WithMeta(metaclass=Meta): ...
+        self.assertEqual(WithMeta.__final__, "can't set me")
+
+        # Builtin classes throw TypeError if you try to set an
+        # attribute.
+        final(int)
+        self.assertIs(False, hasattr(int, "__final__"))
+
 
 class CastTests(BaseTestCase):
 

Lib/typing.py

@@ -2042,8 +2042,17 @@ class Leaf:
       class Other(Leaf):  # Error reported by type checker
           ...
 
-    There is no runtime checking of these properties.
+    There is no runtime checking of these properties. The decorator
+    sets the ``__final__`` attribute to ``True`` on the decorated object
+    to allow runtime introspection.
     """
+    try:
+        f.__final__ = True
+    except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+        # Skip the attribute silently if it is not writable.
+        # AttributeError happens if the object has __slots__ or a
+        # read-only property, TypeError if it's a builtin class.
+        pass
     return f
 
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-11-04-28-09.bpo-46342.5QVEH1.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The ``@typing.final`` decorator now sets the ``__final__`` attribute on the
+decorated object to allow runtime introspection. Patch by Jelle Zijlstra.