code: def type_bypassing_encoder(arg: Any) -> Type:
      # Allow type variables to be passed as pre-encoded arguments
      return arg if isinstance(arg, type) else type(arg)
  
file_path: botorch/botorch/utils/dispatcher.py
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  from inspect import getsource, getsourcefile
  from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Tuple, Type
  from multipledispatch.dispatcher import Dispatcher, MDNotImplementedError, str_signature
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: type_bypassing_encoder(arg) and returns: unknown