strip collections.abc from type annotations

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased: pdoc next
 
+- pdoc now strips `collections.abc.` from type annotations to make them more concise.
 
 ## 2024-08-27: pdoc 14.6.1
 

pdoc/doc.py

@@ -1132,9 +1132,11 @@ def default_value_str(self) -> str:
         if self.default_value is empty:
             return ""
         if isinstance(self.default_value, TypeAliasType):
-            return formatannotation(self.default_value.__value__)
+            formatted = formatannotation(self.default_value.__value__)
+            return _remove_collections_abc(formatted)
         elif self.annotation == TypeAlias:
-            return formatannotation(self.default_value)
+            formatted = formatannotation(self.default_value)
+            return _remove_collections_abc(formatted)
 
         # This is not perfect, but a solid attempt at preventing accidental leakage of secrets.
         # If you have input on how to improve the heuristic, please send a pull request!
@@ -1166,7 +1168,8 @@ def default_value_str(self) -> str:
     def annotation_str(self) -> str:
         """The variable's type annotation as a pretty-printed str."""
         if self.annotation is not empty:
-            return f": {formatannotation(self.annotation)}"
+            formatted = formatannotation(self.annotation)
+            return f": {_remove_collections_abc(formatted)}"
         else:
             return ""
 
@@ -1202,6 +1205,7 @@ def _params(self) -> list[str]:
         for param in self.parameters.values():
             formatted = str(param)
             formatted = _remove_memory_addresses(formatted)
+            formatted = _remove_collections_abc(formatted)
 
             kind = param.kind
 
@@ -1238,7 +1242,8 @@ def _params(self) -> list[str]:
 
     def _return_annotation_str(self) -> str:
         if self.return_annotation is not empty:
-            return formatannotation(self.return_annotation)
+            formatted = formatannotation(self.return_annotation)
+            return _remove_collections_abc(formatted)
         else:
             return ""
 
@@ -1333,3 +1338,7 @@ def _safe_getdoc(obj: Any) -> str:
 def _remove_memory_addresses(x: str) -> str:
     """Remove memory addresses from repr() output"""
     return re.sub(r" at 0x[0-9a-fA-F]+(?=>)", "", x)
+
+def _remove_collections_abc(x: str) -> str:
+    """Remove 'collections.abc' from type signatures."""
+    return re.sub(r"(?!\.)\bcollections\.abc\.", "", x)

test/test_snapshot.py

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def outfile(self, format: str) -> Path:
 
 snapshots = [
     Snapshot("ast_parsing"),
+    Snapshot("collections_abc"),
     Snapshot("demo", min_version=(3, 9)),
     Snapshot("enums", min_version=(3, 12)),
     Snapshot("flavors_google"),