`mypy --any-exprs-report` depends on formatting
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Description
Bug Report
The report any-exprs.txt generated by mypy --any-exprs-report changes its output, even if the AST has not changed in any way.
To Reproduce
This is a minimal example:
Error = (
int
| int
)
mypy reports
Name Anys Exprs Coverage
-------------------------------
t 2 4 50.00%
-------------------------------
Total 2 4 50.00%
On the other hand, this example produces no errors
OK = int | int
Again the table, for completeness.
Name Anys Exprs Coverage
-------------------------------
s 0 2 100.00%
-------------------------------
Total 0 2 100.00%
The underlying reason is that mypy counts expressions set as TYPE_UNANALYZED as Anys expression. This is very surprising to me. The specific expression is assigned TYPE_UNANALYZED in StatisticsVisitor.type.
Expected Behavior
The invocation mypy --any-exprs-report matches the number of errors encountered by running mypy --disallow-any-exprs. Or at the very least clear up the documentation:
Causes mypy to generate a text file report documenting how many
expressions of type ``Any`` are present within your codebase.
Your Environment
I don't think this matters, but:
- Mypy version used:
mypy 1.14.0 (compiled: yes)
mypy 1.15.0+dev.d79d89e3ff31ed67a41b0663da9ec8e037d41fa0 (compiled: no) - Mypy command-line flags:
--any-exprs-report - Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): None - Python version used: 3.12.1
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the any-exprs report implementation and the StatisticsVisitor.type location named in the report. Compare its TYPE_UNANALYZED handling with the behavior of --disallow-any-exprs, then check the --any-exprs-report documentation wording. Done means the report no longer changes for equivalent formatting, or the documented behavior accurately describes what it counts.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100