phan / phan/phan

Phan fails to warn about undeclared classes in template arguments

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Description

Observed: No warning
Expected: should emit PhanUndeclaredTypeReturnType

<?php
/** @return Generator<Missing> */
function test(object $x) {
    yield $x;
}

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Research direction

Start with the provided PHP reproducer and trace how Phan analyzes generic template arguments and emits PhanUndeclaredTypeReturnType. Done means the example reports the missing class as an undeclared type warning without introducing unrelated warnings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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