Code after `yield from` a generator that cannot end should be unreachable
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Description
Bug Report
Split off from https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/7374#issuecomment-944883194
To Reproduce
from typing import Generator, NoReturn, Union
def inf() -> Generator[str, None, NoReturn]:
while True:
yield "xyz"
def generate(x: Union[str, int]) -> Generator[str, None, int]:
if isinstance(x, str):
yield from inf() # `yield from` will never return, because the generator never returns
return x # error: Incompatible return value type (got "Union[str, int]", expected "int")
Expected Behavior
No error
Actual Behavior
An error.
Your Environment
Reproduced in mypy-play.
- Mypy version used: 1.16.1
- Mypy command-line flags: N/A
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): N/A - Python version used: 3.12
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Research direction
Reproduce the example in mypy-play using the reported mypy 1.16.1 environment, focusing on control-flow handling after yield from of a NoReturn generator. Trace the relevant generator and return-type analysis entry points; done means the example produces no incompatible return-value error while other return checking remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100