Merge pull request #3993 from isidentical/issue-3992

Make postponed annotations enabled by default for 3.10+
@isidentical and @PCManticore thanks a lot!

CONTRIBUTORS.txt

@@ -433,3 +433,5 @@ contributors:
 * Raphael Gaschignard: contributor
 
 * Sorin Sbarnea: contributor
+
+* Batuhan Taskaya: contributor

ChangeLog

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Pylint's ChangeLog
 
 * Add missing checks for deprecated functions.
 
+* Postponed evaluation of annotations are now recognized by default if python version is above 3.10
+
+  Closes #3992
+
 
 What's New in Pylint 2.6.1?
 ===========================

pylint/checkers/utils.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import numbers
 import re
 import string
+import sys
 from functools import lru_cache, partial
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Match, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@
     for name in methods  # type: ignore
 }
 PYMETHODS = set(SPECIAL_METHODS_PARAMS)
+PY310_PLUS = sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 10)
 
 
 class NoSuchArgumentError(Exception):
@@ -1264,6 +1266,9 @@ def get_node_last_lineno(node: astroid.node_classes.NodeNG) -> int:
 
 def is_postponed_evaluation_enabled(node: astroid.node_classes.NodeNG) -> bool:
     """Check if the postponed evaluation of annotations is enabled"""
+    if PY310_PLUS:
+        return True
+
     module = node.root()
     return "annotations" in module.future_imports