False negative when accessing dataclass instance attribute as class attribute
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Description
Apologies if it's a known issue, I searched for some time on the issue tracker, but no luck!
Bug Report
When you access a dataclass instance attribute as a class attribute, it crashes in runtime. However, mypy doesn't complain about it.
To Reproduce
from dataclasses import dataclass
@dataclass
class Cls:
value: int
print(Cls.value)
https://mypy-play.net/?mypy=master&python=3.12&flags=strict&gist=2c0cec417b726435303ab8b25c07cccf
Expected Behavior
Mypy should complain about the missing attribute (or ideally even suggesting that you may be using instance attribute instead of class attribute if we want a nicer error message)
Actual Behavior
Mypy passes the check. Whereas in runtime we're getting
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/ff.py", line 7, in <module>
print(Cls.value)
^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: type object 'Cls' has no attribute 'value'
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: latest stable and latest mastr
- Mypy command-line flags: nona
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): n/a - Python version used: 3.12
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