(🐞) Generic Inference completely broken when a `TypeVar` has `None` in the `bound`
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Description
from typing import Generic, TypeVar, Iterable
T = TypeVar("T")
T1 = TypeVar("T1", bound=None)
class Test(Generic[T, T1]):
def test(self) -> None:
data1: list[T]
data2: list[T] | list[T1]
data3: list[T1] | list[T]
reveal_type(tester(data1)) # list[T]
reveal_type(tester(data2)) # list[object]
reveal_type(tester(data3)) # list[Any]
def tester(a: Iterable[T]) -> list[T]: ...
The same thing happens if the bound is a union with None in it.
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Research direction
Start with the provided mypy-play playground link and run the minimal example under the stated Python 3.10 and strict settings. Compare the revealed types with the comments, then verify the same behavior for a union bound containing None; done means both cases infer the expected types.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100