Invalid infer generic type for contravariant TypeVar inside function call
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Description
from typing import Generic, TypeVar
T_contra = TypeVar('T_contra', contravariant=True)
class Animal:
pass
class Cat(Animal):
pass
class AnimalBox(Generic[T_contra]):
def __init__(self, animal: T_contra):
pass
def print_box(a: AnimalBox[Cat]):
pass
animal = Animal()
print_box(AnimalBox(animal)) # error: Argument 1 to "AnimalBox" has incompatible type "Animal"; expected "Cat"
box = AnimalBox(animal)
print_box(box) # OK
Reproduces only on contravariants. Covariants seems to be OK.
Tested on: mypy-0.680+dev.69eaf88a0b03e9f491cc22534c2d30f1d21832b2
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Research direction
Start by running the Python reproduction from the issue and compare the direct constructor call with the intermediate AnimalBox assignment. Investigate generic type inference for contravariant TypeVars during function calls. Done means the direct print_box(AnimalBox(animal)) case is accepted consistently with the intermediate assignment, with a regression test covering the behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- compilers, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
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