singledispatchmethod raises an error when relying on a forward declaration

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BPO	41987
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @glyph, @ambv, @ethanhs, @joernheissler, @isidentical, @mental32, @ryansobol, @AlexWaygood
PRs	bpo-41987: Fix unnecessary evaluation of return type forward declaratons in singledispatch. #23216

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2020-10-09.20:11:43.528>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'singledispatchmethod raises an error when relying on a forward declaration'
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-11.09:46:19.220>
user = 'https://github.com/glyph'

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closed_date = None
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components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2020-10-09.20:11:43.528>
creator = 'glyph'
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issue_num = 41987
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pr_nums = ['23216']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41987'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']