diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index e0f71464796bca..8ad26a77e5dbca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -5655,6 +5655,12 @@ def foo(a: 'Node[T'):
with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
get_type_hints(foo)
+ def test_syntax_error_empty_string(self):
+ for form in [typing.List, typing.Set, typing.Type, typing.Deque]:
+ with self.subTest(form=form):
+ with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
+ form['']
+
def test_name_error(self):
def foo(a: 'Noode[T]'):
diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 7581c16119d851..1d8feed5ebcb82 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ def __init__(self, arg, is_argument=True, module=None, *, is_class=False):
# If we do `def f(*args: *Ts)`, then we'll have `arg = '*Ts'`.
# Unfortunately, this isn't a valid expression on its own, so we
# do the unpacking manually.
- if arg[0] == '*':
+ if arg.startswith('*'):
arg_to_compile = f'({arg},)[0]' # E.g. (*Ts,)[0] or (*tuple[int, int],)[0]
else:
arg_to_compile = arg
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-02-09-18.gh-issue-116325.FmlBYv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-02-09-18.gh-issue-116325.FmlBYv.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..aec4ee79b59cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-05-02-09-18.gh-issue-116325.FmlBYv.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:mod:`typing`: raise :exc:`SyntaxError` instead of :exc:`AttributeError`
+on forward references as empty strings.
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