[2.0 regression] Bad result from heuristic non-narrowing of type[T]
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Description
Bug Report
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To Reproduce
from math import isnan
from typing import TypeVar
V = TypeVar("V")
def assert_scalar_equal(s1: V, s2: V, /) -> None:
assert type(s1) is type(s2)
if type(s1) is float and type(s2) is float and isnan(s2):
assert isnan(s1)
else:
assert s1 == s2
Expected Behavior
This snippet should type check.
Actual Behavior
mypy.ini: No [mypy] section in config file
t.py:9: error: Argument 1 to "isnan" has incompatible type "V"; expected "SupportsFloat | SupportsIndex" [arg-type]
t.py:10: error: Argument 1 to "isnan" has incompatible type "V"; expected "SupportsFloat | SupportsIndex" [arg-type]
Found 2 errors in 1 file (checked 1 source file)
Even more minimal reprod:
from math import isnan
from typing import TypeVar
V = TypeVar("V")
def foo(s1: V, /) -> None:
if type(s1) is float:
assert isnan(s1)
mypy.ini: No [mypy] section in config file
t.py:9: error: Argument 1 to "isnan" has incompatible type "V"; expected "SupportsFloat | SupportsIndex" [arg-type]
Found 1 error in 1 file (checked 1 source file)
Your Environment
- Mypy version used: 2.0.0 or 2.1.0
- Mypy command-line flags: None
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini(and other config files): None - Python version used: tested 3.11.14 and 3.14.6
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Research direction
Start by running the minimal t.py reproduction with mypy 2.0.0 or 2.1.0 and inspect the type-narrowing behavior after type(s1) is float. Compare it with the expected narrowing for isnan; done means both provided snippets type check without the reported arg-type errors.
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- python
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- Bug
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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