revert annotations and add TODO for maybe_cast_to_EA

arw2019 · arw2019 · commit 25ce7ed84a02 · 2020-10-13T16:40:58.000Z
diff --git a/pandas/core/dtypes/cast.py b/pandas/core/dtypes/cast.py
@@ -342,8 +342,10 @@ def maybe_cast_result_dtype(dtype: DtypeObj, how: str) -> DtypeObj:
     return dtype
 
 
+# TODO: annotate obj, return type
+# both ArrayLike but not necessarily the same => need a Union (xref GH36100)
 def maybe_cast_to_extension_array(
-    cls: Type["ExtensionArray"], obj: ArrayLike, dtype: Optional[ExtensionDtype] = None
+    cls: Type["ExtensionArray"], obj, dtype: Optional[ExtensionDtype] = None
 ) -> ArrayLike:
     """
     Call to `_from_sequence` that returns the object unchanged on Exception.
