TypeVarTuple inference yields Never when splitting *Ts into (T, *Rest) with protocol
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Description
Bug Report
Mypy is not able to understand the type of the first argument of a typevartuple when using [T, *tuple[Any, ...]
To Reproduce
https://mypy-play.net/?mypy=latest&python=3.14&gist=e4de7c80a62cdb96a7d6c34992b92a02
from typing import Any, Protocol, assert_type
class WithTuple[*Ts](Protocol):
tup: tuple[*Ts]
def get_tuple[*Ts](e: WithTuple[*Ts]) -> tuple[*Ts]:
return e.tup
def get_first[T](e: WithTuple[T, *tuple[Any, ...]]) -> T:
return e.tup[0]
class X:
tup: tuple[int, str]
assert_type(get_tuple(X()), tuple[int, str])
assert_type(get_first(X()), int)
Expected Behavior
No error, int is correctly inferred
Actual Behavior
main.py:20: error: Expression is of type "Never", not "int" [assert-type]
main.py:20: error: Argument 1 to "get_first" has incompatible type "X"; expected "WithTuple[Never, *tuple[Any, ...]]" [arg-type]
Found 2 errors in 1 file (checked 1 source file)
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: 1.19.1
- Mypy command-line flags: none
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): - Python version used: 3.13-3.14
This may be releated to #16567 ?
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the example in the linked mypy-play case, then compare the behavior with issue #16567. Trace TypeVarTuple inference when a protocol is matched against a split tuple; done means the example infers int for get_first(X()) and produces no errors.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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
- 38/100