`Any` subclass in `Dict` not being compatible with `Any` generates confusing message
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Description
Found by @nipunn1313 in python/typeshed#4237. Please consider:
from typing import Any, Dict
class Foo(Any):
pass
d: Dict[Foo, Foo]
def bar(x: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
pass
bar(d) # error: Argument 1 to "bar" has incompatible type "Dict[Foo, Foo]"; expected "Dict[str, str]"
This fails with the error marked inline, while this passes:
from typing import Any, Dict
class Foo(Any):
pass
foo: Foo
def bar(x: str) -> None:
pass
bar(foo)
mypy version 0.780, Python 3.8.2.
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Research direction
Start by running the supplied Python reproducer with mypy and compare its diagnostics for Dict[Foo, Foo] and Foo, using the reported mypy 0.780 behavior as the baseline. Trace the type-compatibility path for a Dict containing a subclass of Any. Done means the Dict case no longer produces the confusing incompatible-type message while the scalar Any-subclass case remains valid.
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- python
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- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
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