Bug fixes: Add missing handle_type_name specializations.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       run: >
         cmake -S . -B .
         -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
+        -DPYBIND11_DISABLE_HANDLE_TYPE_NAME_DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION=ON
         -DPYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT=ON
         -DPYBIND11_NUMPY_1_ONLY=ON
         -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ endif()
 option(PYBIND11_INSTALL "Install pybind11 header files?" ${PYBIND11_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(PYBIND11_TEST "Build pybind11 test suite?" ${PYBIND11_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(PYBIND11_NOPYTHON "Disable search for Python" OFF)
+option(PYBIND11_DISABLE_HANDLE_TYPE_NAME_DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION
+       "To enforce that a handle_type_name<> specialization exists" OFF)
 option(PYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT
        "Use simpler GIL management logic that does not support disassociation" OFF)
 option(PYBIND11_NUMPY_1_ONLY
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ set(PYBIND11_INTERNALS_VERSION
     ""
     CACHE STRING "Override the ABI version, may be used to enable the unstable ABI.")
 
+if(PYBIND11_DISABLE_HANDLE_TYPE_NAME_DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION)
+  add_compile_definitions(PYBIND11_DISABLE_HANDLE_TYPE_NAME_DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION)
+endif()
 if(PYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT)
   add_compile_definitions(PYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT)
 endif()

include/pybind11/cast.h

@@ -881,10 +881,53 @@ struct is_holder_type
 template <typename base, typename deleter>
 struct is_holder_type<base, std::unique_ptr<base, deleter>> : std::true_type {};
 
+#ifdef PYBIND11_DISABLE_HANDLE_TYPE_NAME_DEFAULT_IMPLEMENTATION // See PR #4888
+
+// This leads to compilation errors if a specialization is missing.
+template <typename T>
+struct handle_type_name;
+
+#else
+
 template <typename T>
 struct handle_type_name {
     static constexpr auto name = const_name<T>();
 };
+
+#endif
+
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<object> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("object");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<list> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("list");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<dict> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("dict");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<anyset> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("Union[set, frozenset]");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<set> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("set");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<frozenset> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("frozenset");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<str> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("str");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<tuple> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("tuple");
+};
 template <>
 struct handle_type_name<bool_> {
     static constexpr auto name = const_name("bool");
@@ -930,13 +973,65 @@ struct handle_type_name<sequence> {
     static constexpr auto name = const_name("Sequence");
 };
 template <>
+struct handle_type_name<bytearray> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("bytearray");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<memoryview> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("memoryview");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<slice> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("slice");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<type> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("type");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<capsule> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("capsule");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<ellipsis> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("ellipsis");
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<weakref> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("weakref");
+};
+template <>
 struct handle_type_name<args> {
     static constexpr auto name = const_name("*args");
 };
 template <>
 struct handle_type_name<kwargs> {
     static constexpr auto name = const_name("**kwargs");
 };
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<obj_attr_accessor> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name<obj_attr_accessor>();
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<str_attr_accessor> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name<str_attr_accessor>();
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<item_accessor> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name<item_accessor>();
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<sequence_accessor> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name<sequence_accessor>();
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<list_accessor> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name<list_accessor>();
+};
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<tuple_accessor> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name<tuple_accessor>();
+};
 
 template <typename type>
 struct pyobject_caster {

include/pybind11/detail/type_caster_base.h

@@ -1201,13 +1201,17 @@ class type_caster_base : public type_caster_generic {
     static Constructor make_move_constructor(...) { return nullptr; }
 };
 
+inline std::string quote_cpp_type_name(const std::string &cpp_type_name) {
+    return cpp_type_name; // No-op for now. See PR #4888
+}
+
 PYBIND11_NOINLINE std::string type_info_description(const std::type_info &ti) {
     if (auto *type_data = get_type_info(ti)) {
         handle th((PyObject *) type_data->type);
         return th.attr("__module__").cast<std::string>() + '.'
                + th.attr("__qualname__").cast<std::string>();
     }
-    return clean_type_id(ti.name());
+    return quote_cpp_type_name(clean_type_id(ti.name()));
 }
 
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)

include/pybind11/numpy.h

@@ -46,10 +46,16 @@ PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(PYBIND11_NAMESPACE)
 
 PYBIND11_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4127)
 
+class dtype; // Forward declaration
 class array; // Forward declaration
 
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
 
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<dtype> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("numpy.dtype");
+};
+
 template <>
 struct handle_type_name<array> {
     static constexpr auto name = const_name("numpy.ndarray");

include/pybind11/pybind11.h

@@ -492,9 +492,7 @@ class cpp_function : public function {
                     signature += rec->scope.attr("__module__").cast<std::string>() + "."
                                  + rec->scope.attr("__qualname__").cast<std::string>();
                 } else {
-                    std::string tname(t->name());
-                    detail::clean_type_id(tname);
-                    signature += tname;
+                    signature += detail::quote_cpp_type_name(detail::clean_type_id(t->name()));
                 }
             } else {
                 signature += c;
@@ -1192,6 +1190,15 @@ class cpp_function : public function {
     }
 };
 
+PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
+
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<cpp_function> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("Callable");
+};
+
+PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
+
 /// Wrapper for Python extension modules
 class module_ : public object {
 public:
@@ -1319,6 +1326,15 @@ class module_ : public object {
     }
 };
 
+PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
+
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<module_> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("module");
+};
+
+PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
+
 // When inside a namespace (or anywhere as long as it's not the first item on a line),
 // C++20 allows "module" to be used. This is provided for backward compatibility, and for
 // simplicity, if someone wants to use py::module for example, that is perfectly safe.
@@ -2611,6 +2627,11 @@ class exception : public object {
 
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
 
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<exception<void>> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("Exception");
+};
+
 // Helper function for register_exception and register_local_exception
 template <typename CppException>
 exception<CppException> &

include/pybind11/pytypes.h

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct sequence_item;
 struct list_item;
 struct tuple_item;
 } // namespace accessor_policies
+// PLEASE KEEP handle_type_name SPECIALIZATIONS IN SYNC.
 using obj_attr_accessor = accessor<accessor_policies::obj_attr>;
 using str_attr_accessor = accessor<accessor_policies::str_attr>;
 using item_accessor = accessor<accessor_policies::generic_item>;

tests/test_exceptions.cpp

@@ -382,4 +382,7 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(exceptions, m) {
         // function returns None instead of int, should give a useful error message
         fn().cast<int>();
     });
+
+    // m.def("pass_exception_void", [](const py::exception<void>&) {}); // Does not compile.
+    m.def("return_exception_void", []() { return py::exception<void>(); });
 }

tests/test_exceptions.py

@@ -424,3 +424,9 @@ def test_fn_cast_int_exception():
     assert str(excinfo.value).startswith(
         "Unable to cast Python instance of type <class 'NoneType'> to C++ type"
     )
+
+
+def test_return_exception_void():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
+        m.return_exception_void()
+    assert "Exception" in str(excinfo.value)

tests/test_pytypes.cpp

@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ class float_ : public py::object {
 };
 } // namespace external
 
+namespace pybind11 {
+namespace detail {
+template <>
+struct handle_type_name<external::float_> {
+    static constexpr auto name = const_name("float");
+};
+} // namespace detail
+} // namespace pybind11
+
 namespace implicit_conversion_from_0_to_handle {
 // Uncomment to trigger compiler error. Note: Before PR #4008 this used to compile successfully.
 // void expected_to_trigger_compiler_error() { py::handle(0); }

tests/test_pytypes.py

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def test_set(capture, doc):
     assert m.anyset_contains({"foo"}, "foo")
 
     assert doc(m.get_set) == "get_set() -> set"
-    assert doc(m.print_anyset) == "print_anyset(arg0: anyset) -> None"
+    assert doc(m.print_anyset) == "print_anyset(arg0: Union[set, frozenset]) -> None"
 
 
 def test_frozenset(capture, doc):