False positive: Incompatible types in capture pattern (pattern captures type "Exception", variable has type <deleted>)
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Description
Bug Report
When trying to use a match pattern and bind to a variable with the same name as an except ... as bind, mypy starts returning an error.
If I remove the try/except block or don't try to attempt to reassign the variable, the issue goes away.
I've tried to search for other similar issues, but couldn't find much. Hope it's not a duplicate.
To Reproduce
def main() -> None:
try:
pass
except Exception as exc:
print(exc)
result = Exception() # this could for example be the result of `asyncio.gather(..., return_exceptions=True)`
match result:
case Exception() as exc:
print("got exception", exc)
case _:
print("got something else", result)
main()
Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/mypy-play/4d9bc9f42141eb6093823efcbc0dafd7
Playground URL: https://mypy-play.net/?mypy=master&python=3.13&gist=4d9bc9f42141eb6093823efcbc0dafd7&flags=allow-redefinition
Tried with various versions of mypy (1.8.0, 1.15.0, master) and Python (3.10, 3.11, 3.13).
Tried with --allow-redefinition and without.
Expected Behavior
No error from mypy, at least when using --allow-redefinition.
Actual Behavior
main.py:9: error: Incompatible types in capture pattern (pattern captures type "Exception", variable has type <deleted>) [misc]
main.py:10: error: Trying to read deleted variable "exc" [misc]
Found 2 errors in 1 file (checked 1 source file)
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: 1.8.0, 1.15.0, master
- Mypy command-line flags: --allow-redefinition
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): N/A - Python version used: 3.10, 3.11, 3.13
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the main.py reproduction and run mypy with and without --allow-redefinition. Trace the interaction between the except ... as binding and the later match capture pattern for exc. Done means the reproduction no longer reports the incompatible capture or deleted-variable errors, with regression coverage for the case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100