Invalid type inference for generic typed dicts
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Description
Bug Report
When we try to assert the type of an object obtained from get with default value from generic object bound to typed dict, then mypy shows next error:
error: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "object", variable has type "int") [assignment]
To Reproduce
from typing import NotRequired, TypedDict, TypeVar
class A(TypedDict):
i: NotRequired[int]
ParamsT = TypeVar('ParamsT', bound=A)
def foo(params: ParamsT) -> None:
i: int = params.get('i', 0)
foo(A())
Gist: https://gist.github.com/mypy-play/effc3f0d297540be8ca1bad7b08c5902
Play: https://mypy-play.net/?mypy=latest&python=3.12&gist=effc3f0d297540be8ca1bad7b08c5902
Expected Behavior
It is expected that result of expression params.get('i', 0) would be of type int since typed dict attribute is annotated as <int> and the default value type is <int> as well.
Actual Behavior
Mypy reports that result of expression params.get('i', 0) has type <object>.
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: mypy 1.15.0 (compiled: yes)
- Python version used: 3.13
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Research direction
No repository file or test path is named; start by running the provided Python reproduction with mypy 1.15.0 and inspect the inferred type for params.get('i', 0). Done means this expression is inferred as int rather than object, with regression coverage for the generic TypedDict case.
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- python
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- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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