python / python/typing_extensions
TypeError when omitting a Protocol type argument with default
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Description
This is very similar to https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/137191, but with a slightly different error message:
from typing_extensions import Generic, Protocol, TypeVar
T1 = TypeVar("T1")
T2 = TypeVar("T2", default=object)
class A(Protocol[T1]): ...
class B1(A[T2], Protocol, Generic[T1, T2]): ... # the workaround
class B2(A[T2], Protocol[T1, T2]): ... # the problem
B1[str] # ok
B2[str] # TypeError
on 3.12.11:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/joren/huh.py", line 11, in <module>
B2[str] # TypeError
~~^^^^^
File "/home/joren/.pyenv/versions/3.12.11/lib/python3.12/typing.py", line 398, in inner
return func(*args, **kwds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/joren/.pyenv/versions/3.12.11/lib/python3.12/typing.py", line 1110, in _generic_class_getitem
_check_generic(cls, params, len(cls.__parameters__))
File "/home/joren/.pyenv/versions/3.12.11/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typing_extensions.py", line 3085, in _check_generic
raise TypeError(f"Too {'many' if alen > elen else 'few'} arguments"
TypeError: Too few arguments for <class '__main__.B2'>; actual 1, expected at least 1
on 3.9.23:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/joren/huh.py", line 11, in <module>
B2[str] # TypeError
File "/home/joren/.pyenv/versions/3.9.23/lib/python3.9/typing.py", line 277, in inner
return func(*args, **kwds)
File "/home/joren/.pyenv/versions/3.9.23/lib/python3.9/typing.py", line 1004, in __class_getitem__
_check_generic(cls, params, len(cls.__parameters__))
File "/home/joren/.pyenv/versions/3.9.23/lib/python3.9/site-packages/typing_extensions.py", line 3049, in _check_generic
raise TypeError(f"Too {'many' if alen > elen else 'few'} {things}"
TypeError: Too few parameters for <class '__main__.B2'>; actual 1, expected at least 1
And since typing_extensions occurs in the traceback, I figured that this is not the same issue as https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/137191.
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Reproduce the example on the supported Python versions, then inspect typing_extensions.py around _check_generic, which appears in the traceback. Compare B2[str] with the working B1[str] workaround; done means the reported TypeError is resolved without regressing generic argument validation.
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