treewide: add future annotations import

105 files changed, 122 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/arglist.py b/mesonbuild/arglist.py
index 189b77b93..475d95478 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/arglist.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/arglist.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from functools import lru_cache
 import collections
diff --git a/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py b/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py
index 1e33cf021..3c5391018 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # This class contains the basic functionality needed to run any interpreter
 # or an interpreter-based tool
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mparser
 from . import AstVisitor
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/common.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/common.py
index dffdbdf74..accb7c937 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/common.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/common.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # This class contains the basic functionality needed to run any interpreter
 # or an interpreter-based tool.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from ..mesonlib import MesonException, OptionKey
 from .. import mlog
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py
index fce289161..9605f920d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .common import CMakeException, CMakeBuildFile, CMakeConfiguration
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/generator.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/generator.py
index 9c9fa1c49..7903dd49f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/generator.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/generator.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mesonlib
 from .. import mlog
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/traceparser.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/traceparser.py
index 54e6bef97..5fcba806a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/traceparser.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/traceparser.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # This class contains the basic functionality needed to run any interpreter
 # or an interpreter-based tool.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .common import CMakeException
 from .generator import parse_generator_expressions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/tracetargets.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/tracetargets.py
index d64d1a1de..338364dbd 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/tracetargets.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/tracetargets.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifer: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright 2021 The Meson development team
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .common import cmake_is_debug
 from .. import mlog
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/cython.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/cython.py
index ac5c9340e..763279eb7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/cython.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/cython.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright © 2021 Intel Corporation
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Abstraction for Cython language compilers."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py
index f0cbf592c..5d0fb8754 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/arm.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Representations specific to the arm family of compilers."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clang.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clang.py
index 35de264c2..cdb4c2300 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clang.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clang.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Abstractions for the LLVM/Clang compiler family."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clike.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clike.py
index 4449aa7d1..ed485d261 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clike.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/clike.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 """Mixin classes to be shared between C and C++ compilers.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/elbrus.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/elbrus.py
index 736203988..872649bb5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/elbrus.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/elbrus.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Abstractions for the Elbrus family of compilers."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/emscripten.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/emscripten.py
index a2de4e9ac..77b1c3386 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/emscripten.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/emscripten.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Provides a mixin for shared code between C and C++ Emscripten compilers."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/gnu.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/gnu.py
index 8152b2538..2f7de254f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/gnu.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/gnu.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Provides mixins for GNU compilers and GNU-like compilers."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/intel.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/intel.py
index 9877a54ff..b793fa83b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/intel.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/intel.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Abstractions for the Intel Compiler families.
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/islinker.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/islinker.py
index 9da7ae8bc..711e3e376 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/islinker.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/islinker.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Mixins for compilers that *are* linkers.
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/pgi.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/pgi.py
index 212d130d7..2fa736c58 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/pgi.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/pgi.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Abstractions for the PGI family of compilers."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
index 0473f2ee4..5a326dc4a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/mixins/visualstudio.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Abstractions to simplify compilers that implement an MSVC compatible
 interface.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index de5a8c991..c90d48bb8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import copy
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/coarrays.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/coarrays.py
index b50fb0aa5..70cf4f89e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/coarrays.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/coarrays.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/configtool.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/configtool.py
index 1c8d730bd..1f16a4316 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/configtool.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/configtool.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .base import ExternalDependency, DependencyException, DependencyTypeName
 from ..mesonlib import listify, Popen_safe, split_args, version_compare, version_compare_many
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/cuda.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/cuda.py
index 608d4f784..877242753 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/cuda.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/cuda.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import glob
 import re
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/detect.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/detect.py
index 782c2f175..4c7a47734 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/detect.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/detect.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .base import ExternalDependency, DependencyException, DependencyMethods, NotFoundDependency
 from .cmake import CMakeDependency
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py
index a4a767639..ac2b6675d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/dub.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .base import ExternalDependency, DependencyException, DependencyTypeName
 from .pkgconfig import PkgConfigDependency
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/framework.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/framework.py
index f28885148..b02b3ceb7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/framework.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/framework.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .base import DependencyTypeName, ExternalDependency, DependencyException
 from ..mesonlib import MesonException, Version, stringlistify
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/hdf5.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/hdf5.py
index 27f127d4f..4e5820ae5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/hdf5.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/hdf5.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for miscellaneous external dependencies.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
 import os
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
index 07f4e9a7f..2913d844b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for miscellaneous external dependencies.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import functools
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/mpi.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/mpi.py
index ddb512aeb..8f83ce493 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/mpi.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/mpi.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/platform.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/platform.py
index 1fd1d7880..6d32555e3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/platform.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/platform.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for external dependencies that are
 # platform-specific (generally speaking).
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .base import DependencyTypeName, ExternalDependency, DependencyException
 from ..mesonlib import MesonException
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py
index c6162ed14..6dd712d00 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/qt.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Dependency finders for the Qt framework."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py
index 656978df2..be8ee7031 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import functools
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
index 66b13eced..2c341afc2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for external dependencies that
 # are UI-related.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import subprocess
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/depfile.py b/mesonbuild/depfile.py
index 912a81732..d346136ed 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/depfile.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/depfile.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import typing as T
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/envconfig.py b/mesonbuild/envconfig.py
index 20696648a..90117c180 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/envconfig.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/envconfig.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
index 37c32bcbe..40629dac1 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import itertools
 import os, platform, re, sys, shutil
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/compiler.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/compiler.py
index 8b6efd2b4..95126cf38 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/compiler.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/compiler.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-Licnese-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright 2012-2021 The Meson development team
 # Copyright © 2021 Intel Corporation
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import enum
 import functools
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
index 1589c659e..fb02374f6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright © 2021 The Meson Developers
 # Copyright © 2021 Intel Corporation
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Keyword Argument type annotations."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/range.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/range.py
index dd992054d..5eb5e033e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/range.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/range.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 2021 The Meson development team
 # SPDX-license-identifier: Apache-2.0
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import typing as T
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/baseobjects.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/baseobjects.py
index a65b0536d..820e0918c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/baseobjects.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/baseobjects.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mparser
 from .exceptions import InvalidCode, InvalidArguments
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py
index 12fa8139b..2196b4e73 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mesonlib, mparser
 from .exceptions import InterpreterException
diff --git a/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py b/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py
index 890e52697..5799caf76 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import abc
 import enum
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mcompile.py b/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
index 27ef46ce0..2f5cee904 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Entrypoint script for backend agnostic compile."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mconf.py b/mesonbuild/mconf.py
index 54eacefaa..33db57b15 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mconf.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mconf.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import itertools
 import shutil
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py b/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py
index eaed141c2..7561ed9ab 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os, subprocess
 import argparse
 import tempfile
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mdist.py b/mesonbuild/mdist.py
index 0aa4d07df..073e276c4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mdist.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mdist.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 import argparse
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesondata.py b/mesonbuild/mesondata.py
index 508c041c2..da641fda7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mesondata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mesondata.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 import importlib.resources
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py b/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py
index c7202426f..061cde9b0 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 # Work around some pathlib bugs...
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minit.py b/mesonbuild/minit.py
index 70adb2699..53e0aa9c5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/minit.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/minit.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Code that creates simple startup projects."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mlog.py b/mesonbuild/mlog.py
index 7080960df..b778bfa68 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mlog.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mlog.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 from __future__ import annotations
+
 import enum
 import os
 import io
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/dlang.py b/mesonbuild/modules/dlang.py
index 7a9b99fd5..b9d4299cf 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/dlang.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/dlang.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for external dependencies that
 # are UI-related.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 import os
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/external_project.py b/mesonbuild/modules/external_project.py
index 087850bbb..8b0ae93a4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/external_project.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/external_project.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 from __future__ import annotations
+
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 import shlex
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/hotdoc.py b/mesonbuild/modules/hotdoc.py
index 3dac9be85..b73d81279 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/hotdoc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/hotdoc.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 '''This module provides helper functions for generating documentation using hotdoc'''
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/keyval.py b/mesonbuild/modules/keyval.py
index e900a2b02..1ba2f1c9a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/keyval.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/keyval.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/python3.py b/mesonbuild/modules/python3.py
index 52f8531f1..065e8d7a2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/python3.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/python3.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sysconfig
 from .. import mesonlib
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py b/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
index 02003ec96..126b8942c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import typing as T
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/simd.py b/mesonbuild/modules/simd.py
index a33022d04..3ee0858b3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/simd.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/simd.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mesonlib, compilers, mlog
 from .. import build
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py b/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py
index dec6e2e26..494cfbffd 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import enum
 import os
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mparser.py b/mesonbuild/mparser.py
index b9caf9c35..b0e817c8b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mparser.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mparser.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 from __future__ import annotations
+
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import re
 import codecs
diff --git a/mesonbuild/msetup.py b/mesonbuild/msetup.py
index 4b6d50882..41cc441b6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/msetup.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/msetup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import typing as T
 import time
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mtest.py b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
index a7214f9d7..a46125de4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mtest.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # A tool to run tests in many different ways.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from collections import deque
diff --git a/mesonbuild/munstable_coredata.py b/mesonbuild/munstable_coredata.py
index fa3b720e3..37c84904d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/munstable_coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/munstable_coredata.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 from . import coredata as cdata
diff --git a/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py b/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
index 3c52852f4..d1656395f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 from __future__ import annotations
+
 import re
 import typing as T
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from . import mparser
 from . import mlog
 from .interpreterbase import FeatureNew, typed_pos_args, typed_kwargs, ContainerTypeInfo, KwargInfo, FeatureDeprecated
 from .interpreter.type_checking import NoneType, in_set_validator
+
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .interpreterbase import TYPE_var, TYPE_kwargs
     from .interpreterbase import SubProject
diff --git a/mesonbuild/programs.py b/mesonbuild/programs.py
index 1d616aaf9..64f7c29a0 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/programs.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/programs.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Representations and logic for External and Internal Programs."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/clangformat.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/clangformat.py
index f2f6a779b..a706b76d6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/clangformat.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/clangformat.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/clangtidy.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/clangtidy.py
index 7364e27cf..324a26ea0 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/clangtidy.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/clangtidy.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/cleantrees.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/cleantrees.py
index 1a387538e..3512f5658 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/cleantrees.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/cleantrees.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/cmake_run_ctgt.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/cmake_run_ctgt.py
index 33e07d605..a788ba597 100755
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/cmake_run_ctgt.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/cmake_run_ctgt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/copy.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/copy.py
index acef2a89b..dba13a57e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/copy.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/copy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifer: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright © 2021 Intel Corporation
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Helper script to copy files at build time.
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/coverage.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/coverage.py
index 6281486b2..5e78639a9 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/coverage.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/coverage.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from mesonbuild import environment, mesonlib
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/delwithsuffix.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/delwithsuffix.py
index 873db0d40..f58b19ce3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/delwithsuffix.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/delwithsuffix.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os, sys
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
index 8d9c90fe3..ae18594b7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/depfixer.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 import sys
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/dirchanger.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/dirchanger.py
index 21632cd89..60c4f120c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/dirchanger.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/dirchanger.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 '''CD into dir given as first argument and execute
 the command given in the rest of the arguments.'''
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/externalproject.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/externalproject.py
index f15f26a4e..17c2251c3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/externalproject.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/externalproject.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import argparse
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/gettext.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/gettext.py
index c31657a71..4a6bb9c83 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/gettext.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/gettext.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import argparse
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py
index 260d65817..ded952d55 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/gtkdochelper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys, os
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/hotdochelper.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/hotdochelper.py
index a96a34afa..2c3b85dc9 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/hotdochelper.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/hotdochelper.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/itstool.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/itstool.py
index b23ad8a0b..0bfcaf9b5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/itstool.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/itstool.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import argparse
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_exe.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_exe.py
index 3dd91c9c6..33408d826 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_exe.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/meson_exe.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/msgfmthelper.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/msgfmthelper.py
index b308f5478..28bcc8b83 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/msgfmthelper.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/msgfmthelper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/regen_checker.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/regen_checker.py
index c96bdc1e5..f3a6f3cad 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/regen_checker.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/regen_checker.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys, os
 import pickle, subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/scanbuild.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/scanbuild.py
index bb8e30ce6..9cfc75dc3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/scanbuild.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/scanbuild.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import subprocess
 import shutil
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/symbolextractor.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/symbolextractor.py
index 393e66fe0..08d839bfd 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/symbolextractor.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/symbolextractor.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 # This file is basically a reimplementation of
 # http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=3213cd54b76bc80a6f0516aac75a48ff3b2ad67c
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import typing as T
 import os, sys
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/tags.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/tags.py
index 8f1706d1e..c85680705 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/tags.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/tags.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import subprocess
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/uninstall.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/uninstall.py
index f08490fbd..854876615 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/uninstall.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/uninstall.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/scripts/vcstagger.py b/mesonbuild/scripts/vcstagger.py
index 18cf5f7f0..051a970f9 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/scripts/vcstagger.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/scripts/vcstagger.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys, os, subprocess, re
 import typing as T
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/cpptemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/cpptemplates.py
index 61c273745..6e9776180 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/cpptemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/cpptemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/cstemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/cstemplates.py
index bad7984e9..df09f61fd 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/cstemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/cstemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/ctemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/ctemplates.py
index 9b651bc8b..0c7141a62 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/ctemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/ctemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/cudatemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/cudatemplates.py
index bbb1a3ef8..63abd2be8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/cudatemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/cudatemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/dlangtemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/dlangtemplates.py
index 3d939d885..81840fe11 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/dlangtemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/dlangtemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/fortrantemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/fortrantemplates.py
index 8fc1bca35..00cd50970 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/fortrantemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/fortrantemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/javatemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/javatemplates.py
index e4329611d..58d48bac1 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/javatemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/javatemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/mesontemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/mesontemplates.py
index 69939be0d..2868f7b53 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/mesontemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/mesontemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/objcpptemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/objcpptemplates.py
index 11a509136..450f2b030 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/objcpptemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/objcpptemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/objctemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/objctemplates.py
index dac638d14..2e035269f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/objctemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/objctemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/rusttemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/rusttemplates.py
index 95a937cca..0dde5474c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/rusttemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/rusttemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/samplefactory.py b/mesonbuild/templates/samplefactory.py
index 3678a02ff..195083764 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/samplefactory.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/samplefactory.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.valatemplates import ValaProject
 from mesonbuild.templates.fortrantemplates import FortranProject
 from mesonbuild.templates.objcpptemplates import ObjCppProject
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/sampleimpl.py b/mesonbuild/templates/sampleimpl.py
index 2d1498b83..9702ae884 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/sampleimpl.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/sampleimpl.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 
 class SampleImpl:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/templates/valatemplates.py b/mesonbuild/templates/valatemplates.py
index 1aeb46a98..ef9794dc2 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/templates/valatemplates.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/templates/valatemplates.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from mesonbuild.templates.sampleimpl import SampleImpl
 import re
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/utils/platform.py b/mesonbuild/utils/platform.py
index f0676a621..4a3927ddf 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/utils/platform.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/utils/platform.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """base classes providing no-op functionality.."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/utils/posix.py b/mesonbuild/utils/posix.py
index 67f9a442b..161e8fc2e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/utils/posix.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/utils/posix.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Posix specific implementations of mesonlib functionality."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/utils/vsenv.py b/mesonbuild/utils/vsenv.py
index 47055a042..d862e5acc 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/utils/vsenv.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/utils/vsenv.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import subprocess
 import json
diff --git a/mesonbuild/utils/win32.py b/mesonbuild/utils/win32.py
index bc0caec94..2bd4cba8d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/utils/win32.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/utils/win32.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 """Windows specific implementations of mesonlib functionality."""
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py b/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
index 076c7c86a..313b749fc 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mlog
 import contextlib
diff --git a/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py b/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py
index bcf0e67c5..c009aa1c6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/wrap/wraptool.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys, os
 import configparser