[PEP 696] default substitution not applied correctly when parametrizing a generic type.
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
PEP 696 allows the default of a type-parameter to depend on other type parameters, however, this substitution is not applied at runtime:
class Bar[T, S=T]: ...
print(Bar[int]) # __main__.Bar[int, T]
The result should be __main__.Bar[int, int][^1]
This is likely the root cause for #140596. Tested with 3.13.8, 3.14.0 and 3.15.0a1+
[^1]: pyright playground, mypy-playground, ty-playground, pyrefly sandbox
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Linked PRs
- gh-151811
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Research direction
Start with the PEP 696 section on using another type parameter as a default and reproduce the Bar[int] example from the report on CPython main. Compare the runtime generic alias with the expected main.Bar[int, int] result, and review linked PR gh-151811; done means the dependent default is substituted at runtime.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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