Make it an error to use a class-attribute type var outside a type #3105
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Previously, e9d28a0 fixed a crash when you tried to access a class-attribute type variable. The test in that commit involved assigning a variable the value of the typevar. It resulted in no crash, but rather treating the variable as being an instance of the type the typevar bound to, later, which is incorrect. Instead, this PR treats such an assignment as an error, and gives you the same message as when you try to alias a typevar directly. Also test a *correct* alias with the typevar access method in question -- it works.
mypy/typeanal.py
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| @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ def analyze_type_alias(node: Expression, | |||
| # that we don't support straight string literals as type aliases | |||
| # (only string literals within index expressions). | |||
| if isinstance(node, RefExpr): | |||
| # Note that this misses the case where someone tried to use a | |||
| # class-referenced type variable as a type alias. It's easier to catch | |||
| # that one in checkmemeber.py | |||
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small typo: checkmember.py
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meme-ber. Thank you.
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I'm not exactly sure about the wording of the error here, suggestions welcome. |
| class C: | ||
| T = TypeVar('T', bound=int) | ||
| def f(self, x: T) -> T: | ||
| A = C.T | ||
| return x | ||
| L = List[C.T] # a valid type alias |
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Would doing y: C.T = x be valid?
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Yes, and good point -- that's not "as a parameter to a type" that's "as a type"
How to express "Don't try and use this at runtime"?
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I guess "Is only valid when used as a type or a parameter to a type in a type alias" covers all the bases, but is wicked confusing if I don't already know exactly what it's talking about.
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Some time ago we had "... is invalid in runtime context" for subscripted generics. Maybe it is better to say "... can not be used in runtime context, only in type context".
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Oh! How about
- "Type variable 'C.T' is not a valid expression"
- "Type variable 'C.T' cannot be used as an expression"
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The second option sounds good.
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Ok, rolling with @ilevkivskyi's suggestion for now.
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... as I incur more and more test changes as I can't decide. I think I like how it is now.
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Thanks for the PR! LGTM |
Previously, e9d28a0 fixed a crash when you tried to access a class-attribute
type variable. The test in that commit involved assigning a variable the value
of the typevar. It resulted in no crash, but rather treating the variable as
being an instance of the type the typevar bound to, later, which is incorrect.
For example (and this is the test defined in e9d28a0, modified)
Instead, this PR treats such an assignment as an error -- any reference to such a classvar tvar outside trying to construct a type out of it is an error.
Also test a correct alias with the typevar access method in question -- it
works.