(🎁) Add a `StubOnlyBase` decorator for types that don't actually extend things, but do in the stubs (like `Generic`)

まず、提案されている StubOnlyBase の使用方法とリンクされている議論を確認し、その後、指定された _collections_abc.pyi、typing.pyi、builtins.pyi のスタブを調査します。例と関連する issue にどのように対応するかを提案する前に、デコレーターの意図されたセマンティクスとバージョンごとの動作を明確にします。影響を受けるスタブに対するデザインとその影響について合意できれば完了です。

There are existing classes that extend things in an abstract way, like ABCs, and things that are Generic in theory but not in reality, for example all the collections (the collection classes are not Generics, they define __class_getitem__) and some are still not subscribe-able but state they are in the stubs, for instance _collections_abc.dict_keys or any of the collections pre 3.9.

It could be used something like:

# _collections_abc.pyi
@StubOnlyBase(KeysView[_KT_co], Generic[_KT_co, _VT_co])
class dict_keys:
    ...

# typing.pyi

@StubOnlyBase(Generic[_T])
class Container:
    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
        def __class_getitem__(???) -> ???:

@StubOnlyBase(Collection[_KT], Generic[_KT, _VT_co])
class Mapping(Collection):
    ...

Mapping doesn't actually extend Generic, but Container defines __class_getitem__, so that would also need to be updated in the stubs.

This might help resolve https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/3186, but still indicate that it's not actually one of the bases.

# builtins.pyi
@StubOnlyBase(numbers.Integral)
class int:
    ...

I think a change like this would make the stubs much more understandable and closer to the actual implementation, also fixing issues about older python versions not working properly with the current stubs(https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/11529).

I personally find it very confusing when referencing the stubs that the bases are often false.

No idea how this would be used in a real life annotation, but a workaround that works is:

from typing import _alias  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
from _collections_abc import dict_keys

if not TYPE_CHECKING:
    dict_keys = _alias(dict_keys, 2)

def foo(dk: dict_keys[str, int]) -> None: ...

https://github.com/python/typeshed/pull/6312#issuecomment-976036379
https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/6257

Obligatory shill to #953, which I think would render this moot.