Alias that is generic over a ParamSpec cannot be further specialized
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Description
A type alias that is generic over a ParamSpec can be specialized with a list of types, and if this list includes a TypeVar, the resulting alias is still generic to type checkers, but it cannot be subscripted again at runtime.
>>> from collections.abc import Callable
>>> type X[**P] = Callable[P, int]
>>> T = TypeVar("T")
>>> X[[T]]
X[[~T]]
>>> X[[T]][str]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-14>", line 1, in <module>
X[[T]][str]
~~~~~~^^^^^
TypeError: X[[~T]] is not a generic class
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Reported by @Daraan in https://github.com/python/typing_extensions/pull/449/files#r1771594266.
I believe this could be fixed by making _Py_make_parameters in genericaliasobject.c recurse into lists.
Linked PRs
- gh-124512
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Research direction
Read _Py_make_parameters in genericaliasobject.c and reproduce the reported X[[T]][str] failure from the issue. Check the linked gh-124512 work before starting. Done means an alias specialized with a list containing a TypeVar can be subscripted again at runtime without the TypeError.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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