Type Variable Specialized by Generic
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Description
It seems that Type[...] variables dont specialize correctly:
Types = Union[int, str]
T = TypeVar('T', bound=Types)
class A:
x: Types
y: Type[Types]
class B(A, Generic[T]):
x: T # ok
y: Type[T] # error: Incompatible types in assignment
The error that arises is
error: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "Type[T]", base class "A" defined the type as "Union[Type[int], Type[str]]")
I believe this is a bug and it should be an allowed specialization (similar to the instance x above), unless there is a counterexample I'm not thinking of?
Tested with mypy v0.660 as well as mypy master + typed-ast master, CPython 3.7.1
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Use the supplied Python snippet as the reproducer and inspect the type-checking path for generic attribute overrides involving Type[T] and Union bounds. Done means mypy accepts y: Type[T] in B without the incompatible-assignment error, with a regression check for this example.
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