TypeVarTuple instantiation with the empty tuple in Generic not being recognized as such
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Description
Bug Report
Mypy does not recognize that a TypeVarTuple was instantiated with the empty tuple in a generic.
To Reproduce
from typing import Generic, reveal_type, TypeVarTuple
Ts = TypeVarTuple('Ts')
class A(Generic[*Ts]):
def args(self) -> tuple[*Ts]:
raise NotImplementedError
class B(A[int, *Ts]):
pass
class C(B[*tuple[()]]):
pass
reveal_type(A.args)
reveal_type(B.args)
reveal_type(C.args)
Expected Behavior
I'd expect that the return type of C.args be tuple[int]. And this, indeed, is what pyright infers:
test.py:18:13 - information: Type of "A.args" is "(self: A[Unknown]) -> tuple[Unknown]"
test.py:19:13 - information: Type of "B.args" is "(self: B[Unknown]) -> tuple[int, Unknown]"
test.py:20:13 - information: Type of "C.args" is "(self: C) -> tuple[int]"
Actual Behavior
Mypy however infers tuple[int, *tuple[Any, ...]]:
test.py:18: note: Revealed type is "def [Ts] (self: test8.A[Unpack[Ts`1]]) -> tuple[Unpack[Ts`1]]"
test.py:19: note: Revealed type is "def [Ts] (self: test8.A[builtins.int, Unpack[Ts`1]]) -> tuple[builtins.int, Unpack[Ts`1]]"
test.py:20: note: Revealed type is "def (self: test8.A[builtins.int, Unpack[builtins.tuple[Any, ...]]]) -> tuple[builtins.int, Unpack[builtins.tuple[Any, ...]]]"
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: 1.17.0 (compiled: yes)
- Mypy command-line flags: (none)
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): (none) - Python version used: 3.13.5
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Research direction
Reproduce the example in test.py with mypy 1.17.0 and inspect the TypeVarTuple handling involved in Generic inheritance and empty-tuple instantiation. Add a regression test based on the example, with completion shown by C.args being revealed as returning tuple[int] rather than including an unconstrained tuple.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100