(🐞) Call to function decorated with a `Callable` causes inner function to fail to infer type of variable
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Description
from typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar, _T as T
def bar() -> None:
def inner() -> None:
it.encode() # error: Cannot determine type of 'it'
breaks()
it = ""
deco: Callable[[T], T]
@deco
def breaks() -> None: ...
It appears that the order of the function declarations affects the result(:trollface:):
from typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar
T = TypeVar("T")
deco: Callable[[T], T]
@deco
def doesnt_break() -> None: ...
def bar() -> None:
def inner() -> None:
it.encode() # no error
doesnt_break()
it = ""
I have determined that this only happens when the deco is a Callable, when it is a function there is no error:
from typing import Any, TypeVar, _T as T
def bar() -> None:
def inner() -> None:
it.encode() # no error
doesnt_break()
it = ""
def deco(fn: T) -> T: ...
@deco
def doesnt_break() -> None: ...
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Research direction
Start by running the two Python reproductions from the issue, or use the linked playground, and compare Callable-based decoration with the function-based decorator. Trace the type inference path for the nested inner function and decorator call; done means the first example infers it as str without regressing the examples that already pass.
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- python
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- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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