Fix typehint of :meth:.Scene.play to allow .animate (#4038)

Author: JasonGrace2282

manim/renderer/cairo_renderer.py

@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@
 
 from .. import config, logger
 from ..camera.camera import Camera
-from ..mobject.mobject import Mobject
+from ..mobject.mobject import Mobject, _AnimationBuilder
 from ..scene.scene_file_writer import SceneFileWriter
 from ..utils.exceptions import EndSceneEarlyException
 from ..utils.iterables import list_update
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import types
-    from collections.abc import Iterable
     from typing import Any
 
     from manim.animation.animation import Animation
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ def init_scene(self, scene):
     def play(
         self,
         scene: Scene,
-        *args: Animation | Iterable[Animation] | types.GeneratorType[Animation],
+        *args: Animation | Mobject | _AnimationBuilder,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         # Reset skip_animations to the original state.

manim/scene/scene.py

@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@
 from ..utils.iterables import list_difference_update, list_update
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
+    from collections.abc import Sequence
     from typing import Callable
 
+    from manim.mobject.mobject import _AnimationBuilder
+
 
 class RerunSceneHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
     """A class to handle rerunning a Scene after the input file is modified."""
@@ -878,7 +880,7 @@ def get_moving_and_static_mobjects(self, animations):
 
     def compile_animations(
         self,
-        *args: Animation | Iterable[Animation] | types.GeneratorType[Animation],
+        *args: Animation | Mobject | _AnimationBuilder,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """
@@ -1070,7 +1072,7 @@ def get_run_time(self, animations: list[Animation]):
 
     def play(
         self,
-        *args: Animation | Iterable[Animation] | types.GeneratorType[Animation],
+        *args: Animation | Mobject | _AnimationBuilder,
         subcaption=None,
         subcaption_duration=None,
         subcaption_offset=0,
@@ -1205,7 +1207,7 @@ def wait_until(self, stop_condition: Callable[[], bool], max_time: float = 60):
 
     def compile_animation_data(
         self,
-        *animations: Animation | Iterable[Animation] | types.GeneratorType[Animation],
+        *animations: Animation | Mobject | _AnimationBuilder,
         **play_kwargs,
     ):
         """Given a list of animations, compile the corresponding