Parameter type includes values assigned via `Hash#[]=` on local variable
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Description
Steps to reproduce
Analyze the following file with TypeProf.
def foo(options)
options[:name] = "str"
nil
end
foo(Hash.new)
Expected behavior
class Object
def foo: (Hash[untyped, untyped]) -> nil
end
Parameter types should only reflect the types passed from call sites, not values assigned inside the method.
Actual behavior
$ bin/typeprof reproduce.rb
# TypeProf 0.31.1
# reproduce.rb
class Object
def foo: (Hash[:name, String]) -> nil
end
System configuration
Ruby version: ruby 4.0.0 (2025-12-25 revision 553f1675f3) +PRISM [arm64-darwin25]
TypeProf version: 753de9b8501f4f7c509e605ea9c9982efa8fc311
Real-world use cases
I noticed this issue when analyzing Action Pack with TypeProf.
The minimum steps required to actually analyze Action Pack are as follows:
$ bin/typeprof tmp/rails/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb \
tmp/rails/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb \
tmp/rails/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/formatter.rb > ap.rbs
$ cat ap.rbs | grep url_for | wc -c
13936
$ cat ap.rbs | grep url_for
def url_for: (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], (Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], String] | Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], untyped] | String)?] | Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | :path | :path_params | :person | :port | :protocol | :script_name | :subdomain | :tld_length | :trailing_slash | :use_route | :user | Range[Integer], String] | Hash[:_recall | :action | :anchor | :controller | :domain | :foo | :format | :host | :id | :name | :only_path | :original_script_name | :params | :password | ...(omitted
The parameter type contains a recursive structure such as Hash[:_recall | ..., Hash[:_recall | ..., Hash[:_recall, ...].
I have identified the cause of this as Hash#[]=.
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Research direction
Run bin/typeprof on reproduce.rb first and compare the generated signature with the expected RBS. Trace the handling of Hash#[]= in TypeProf, then use the Action Pack command and the route_set.rb, formatter.rb, and routing_test.rb inputs to check that parameter types no longer accumulate assigned values or recursive Hash structures.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100