generics are removed from function signatures that are assigned to `Callable` types
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Description
from typing import TypeVar, Callable
T = TypeVar("T")
def asdf(fn: Callable[[], T]) -> Callable[[], T]: ...
@asdf
def foo() -> list[T]: ...
reveal_type(foo) # "def () -> list[Never]", should be "def [T] () -> list[T]"
use case
i'm making a @NoInstance decorator that bans usages of classmethods on instances:
from typing import TypeVar, ParamSpec, Concatenate, Callable, Generic, overload, Never
out_T = TypeVar("out_T", covariant=True)
P = ParamSpec("P")
out_R = TypeVar("out_R", covariant=True)
class NoInstance(Generic[P, out_R]):
def __init__(self, function: Callable[Concatenate[type[out_T], P], out_R]):
...
@overload
def __get__(self, instance: None, owner: type[object]) -> Callable[P, out_R]:
...
@overload
def __get__(self, instance: object, owner: type[object]) -> Never:
...
def __get__(self, instance: object, owner: type[object]) -> object:
...
class Foo:
@NoInstance
@classmethod
def foo(cls):
...
Foo.foo() # allowed
Foo().foo() # not allowed
but the primary use case for class methods that should not be called on instances are constructor methods, which means the resulting signature only has the typevar on the return type (in this case, Self):
class Foo:
@NoInstance
@classmethod
def from_int(cls) -> Self:
...
reveal_type(Foo.from_int) # `"def () -> Never"`, because the `Self` generic was removed by the `Concatenate`. should be `def () -> Foo` instead
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Research direction
Start by running the minimal examples in the linked mypy playground and compare the revealed types with the expected generic signatures. Trace the type inference and Callable/Concatenate handling involved in those examples; done means the generic T or Self is preserved rather than reduced to Never.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100