MyIntEnum.ONE should be passable to functions expecting Literal[1] arguments
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Description
Bug Report
This is related but distinct from #19576, #16327, and #17162. It's also not specific to IntEnums, but I use them in the example for clarity. StrEnums as well as enums based on (int, Enum), or (str, Enum), etc.
To Reproduce
import enum
from typing import Literal
type One = Literal[1]
type Two = Literal[2]
type Three = Literal[3]
def option(arg: One | Two | Three) -> None:
...
class MyEnum(enum.IntEnum):
ONE = 1
TWO = 2
THREE = 3
option(MyEnum.TWO) # error: Argument 1 to "option" has incompatible type "Literal[MyEnum.TWO]"; expected "Literal[1, 2, 3]" [arg-type]
Expected Behavior
No error reported.
Actual Behavior
The error in the comment in the example is a false positive. This code works fine at runtime.
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: master as of 0d791b29b7ba4e5a9b04c0b6bdba11faf4a186a2
- Python version used: 3.13
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 by running the supplied Python 3.13 example against mypy master and trace the handling of Literal arguments involving MyEnum.TWO. The fix is complete when the example reports no incompatible-argument error while preserving the related enum and Literal behavior described in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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