FastAPI
Annotated dependency
Declaring a dependency as Annotated[Session, Depends(get_db)] rather than as a default value.
Why interviewers ask about it
Say why: the old form burns the default slot on framework metadata and confuses type checkers. Annotated also lets you alias and reuse the dependency across routes.
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