(🐞) False 'Any expression' error in assignment to `Any` when super expression is cast
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topic-disallow-any
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Description
# mypy: disallow_any_expr
from typing import Any, Generic, cast, _T as T
from dataclasses import dataclass
def f(a: Any): ...
a: Any = cast(dict[object, object], {
1: # Expression type contains "Any" (has type "tuple[int, list[Any]]")
[] # Expression type contains "Any" (has type "list[Any]")
})
@dataclass
class Box(Generic[T]):
it: T
f(cast(object, Box(Box(1))) # Expression type contains "Any" (has type "Box[Any]")
I would not expect Any of these errors to appear.
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Research direction
Start by running the supplied mypy reproducer with disallow_any_expr and confirm which diagnostics are reported for the casted assignments and generic Box expression. Trace the type-checking path for casts and inferred Any types; done means these false-positive errors no longer appear while genuine Any-expression diagnostics remain reported.
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- python
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