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+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import ast
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    for path in sys.argv[1:] or sys.stdin.read().splitlines():
+        with open(path, 'rb') as path_fd:
+            lines = path_fd.read().splitlines()
+
+        missing = True
+        if not lines:
+            # Files are allowed to be empty of everything including boilerplate
+            missing = False
+
+        for text in lines:
+            if text == b'from __future__ import annotations':
+                missing = False
+                break
+
+        if missing:
+            with open(path) as file:
+                contents = file.read()
+
+            # noinspection PyBroadException
+            try:
+                node = ast.parse(contents)
+
+                # files consisting of only assignments have no need for future import boilerplate
+                # the only exception would be division during assignment, but we'll overlook that for simplicity
+                # the most likely case is that of a documentation only python file
+                if all(isinstance(statement, ast.Assign) for statement in node.body):
+                    missing = False
+            except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                pass  # the compile sanity test will report this error
+
+        if missing:
+            print('%s: missing: from __future__ import annotations' % path)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()