TypeForm does not overlap with classes that represent special forms at runtime.
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Description
Bug Report
A value annotated as a TypeForm is not considered to overlap with various clases used to represent special forms at runtime.
I have tested typing.NewType, types.GenericAlias, and types.UnionType. [^1]
Given a variable defined as x: TypeForm[object] when using isinstance(x, typing.NewType) (or any of the above types), the truthy branch that follows is considered unreachable.
This does not happen with isinstance(x, type) though.
To Reproduce
from typing_extensions import TypeForm
import typing
import types
Y = typing.NewType("Y", int)
x1: TypeForm[object] = Y # no issue, `Y` is a valid type expression
if isinstance(x1, typing.NewType):
print("new type") # error: Statement is unreachable [unreachable]
x2: TypeForm[object] = list[int] # no issue, `list[int]` is a valid type expression
if isinstance(x2, types.GenericAlias):
print("generic alias") # error: Statement is unreachable [unreachable]
x3: TypeForm[object] = int | str # no issue, `int | str` is a valid type expression
if isinstance(x3, types.UnionType):
print("generic alias") # error: Statement is unreachable [unreachable]
x4: TypeForm[object] = int # no issue, `int` is a valid type expression
if isinstance(x4, type):
print("generic alias") # no issue, code is reachable
Expected Behavior
The code within the branches to be considered reachable.
Actual Behavior
main.py:10: error: Statement is unreachable [unreachable]
main.py:15: error: Statement is unreachable [unreachable]
main.py:20: error: Statement is unreachable [unreachable]
Found 3 errors in 1 file (checked 1 source file)
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: 1.19.1 and main branch
- Mypy command-line flags:
--enable-incomplete-feature=TypeForm --warn-unreachable - Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): - Python version used: 1.14
[^1]: I think think is all the publicly documented classes?
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Research direction
The report names no source file or existing test. Start by running the supplied reproducer with --enable-incomplete-feature=TypeForm and --warn-unreachable, then trace TypeForm overlap handling for typing.NewType, types.GenericAlias, and types.UnionType. Done means those branches are considered reachable and a regression test covers the cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100