1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py
index 6efeac504..ab93e60e2 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/plugin/pytestplugin.py
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-try:
-    # installed by bootstrap.py
-    import sqla_plugin_base as plugin_base
-except ImportError:
-    # assume we're a package, use traditional import
-    from . import plugin_base
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import collections
@@ -17,6 +12,13 @@ import uuid
 
 import pytest
 
+try:
+    # installed by bootstrap.py
+    import sqla_plugin_base as plugin_base
+except ImportError:
+    # assume we're a package, use traditional import
+    from . import plugin_base
+
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     group = parser.getgroup("sqlalchemy")
@@ -565,6 +567,10 @@ def _pytest_fn_decorator(target):
     from sqlalchemy.util.compat import inspect_getfullargspec
 
     def _exec_code_in_env(code, env, fn_name):
+        # note this is affected by "from __future__ import annotations" at
+        # the top; exec'ed code will use non-evaluated annotations
+        # which allows us to be more flexible with code rendering
+        # in format_argpsec_plus()
         exec(code, env)
         return env[fn_name]