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Hello @jayy-77, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly improves the type annotation parsing capabilities of the adk-python library. It specifically addresses the need to recognize and correctly process the modern | union type syntax, which results in types.UnionType objects. By updating the type checking logic across key utility files, the library can now seamlessly handle both traditional typing.Union and the newer types.UnionType, ensuring that function parameters and type hints are interpreted accurately regardless of the syntax used.

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  • Union Type Syntax Support: The pull request introduces support for the modern | union type syntax (PEP 604), allowing the library to correctly interpret type hints like int | str in addition to the older typing.Union[int, str].
  • Updated Type Checking Logic: The internal type checking mechanisms have been updated to recognize both typing.Union and types.UnionType objects, ensuring consistent handling across various utility functions.
  • Expanded Compatibility: This change enhances compatibility with contemporary Python codebases that utilize the newer, more concise union type annotations in function parameters and type hints.

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  • src/google/adk/tools/_function_parameter_parse_util.py
    • Modified the _parse_schema_from_parameter function to check for both typing.Union and types.UnionType when determining the origin of a parameter's annotation, enabling support for the new union syntax.
  • src/google/adk/tools/base_tool.py
    • Added an import for types as typing_types to access types.UnionType.
    • Updated the from_config method to recognize types.UnionType alongside typing.Union when processing Optional[T] type hints.
  • src/google/adk/tools/function_tool.py
    • Added an import for types as typing_types to access types.UnionType.
    • Modified the _preprocess_args method to check for both typing.Union and types.UnionType when handling Optional[PydanticModel] types.
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This pull request adds support for the new | union type syntax from Python 3.10, which is a valuable enhancement. The implementation correctly identifies the places where typing.Union is checked and adds types.UnionType for the new syntax. However, the current approach introduces a backward compatibility issue, as it will cause an AttributeError on Python versions older than 3.10. My review includes suggestions to fix this by using getattr for safe access to types.UnionType, ensuring the library remains compatible with older Python versions.

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get_origin(param.annotation) is Union
get_origin(param.annotation) in (Union, typing_types.UnionType)
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This check will raise an AttributeError on Python versions below 3.10, as types.UnionType was introduced in Python 3.10. To ensure backward compatibility, it's safer to access UnionType using getattr with a default value that won't be matched.

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get_origin(param.annotation) in (Union, typing_types.UnionType)
get_origin(param.annotation) in (Union, getattr(typing_types, 'UnionType', object()))

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return schema
if origin is Union:
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This check will raise an AttributeError on Python versions below 3.10, as types.UnionType was introduced in Python 3.10. To ensure backward compatibility, it's safer to access UnionType using getattr with a default value that won't be matched.

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if origin in (Union, typing_types.UnionType):
if origin in (Union, getattr(typing_types, 'UnionType', object())):


# Get the actual type T of the parameter if it's Optional[T]
if get_origin(param_type) is Union:
if get_origin(param_type) in (Union, typing_types.UnionType):
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This check will raise an AttributeError on Python versions below 3.10, as types.UnionType was introduced in Python 3.10. To ensure backward compatibility, it's safer to access UnionType using getattr with a default value that won't be matched.

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if get_origin(param_type) in (Union, typing_types.UnionType):
if get_origin(param_type) in (Union, getattr(typing_types, 'UnionType', object())):


# Handle Optional[PydanticModel] types
if get_origin(param.annotation) is Union:
if get_origin(param.annotation) in (Union, typing_types.UnionType):
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This check will raise an AttributeError on Python versions below 3.10, as types.UnionType was introduced in Python 3.10. To ensure backward compatibility, it's safer to access UnionType using getattr with a default value that won't be matched.

Suggested change
if get_origin(param.annotation) in (Union, typing_types.UnionType):
if get_origin(param.annotation) in (Union, getattr(typing_types, 'UnionType', object())):

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