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sobolevn opened this issue Oct 10, 2021 · 3 comments · Fixed by #11314
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bool and TypeGuard incorrect match in @overload method #11307

sobolevn opened this issue Oct 10, 2021 · 3 comments · Fixed by #11314
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While working on python/typeshed#6140 I've noticed that there's a problem with how TypeGuard and bool types match in overload method. Here's a simplified example:

from typing import Callable, TypeVar, Generic, TypeGuard, Any, List, Optional, overload

_T = TypeVar('_T')

class filter(Generic[_T]):
    @overload
    def __init__(self, __function: Callable[[object], TypeGuard[_T]]) -> None: ...
    @overload
    def __init__(self, __function: Callable[[_T], Any]) -> None: ...

# Demo:

a: List[Optional[int]]
def is_int_typeguard(a: object) -> TypeGuard[int]: pass
def returns_bool(a: object) -> bool: pass

# Ok:
reveal_type(filter(is_int_typeguard))  # N: Revealed type is "ex.filter[builtins.int*]"

# Not ok:
reveal_type(filter(returns_bool))  # N: Revealed type is "ex.filter[builtins.bool*]"
# Expected: Revealed type is "ex.filter[builtins.object*]"

For some reason bool matches TypeGuard[_T] and infers _T to be bool. I think that TypeGuard here is more specific type than just bool and this match should not happen.

@sobolevn sobolevn added the bug mypy got something wrong label Oct 10, 2021
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Try playing with this line:

return self.named_type('builtins.bool')

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Looks like that the problem is more likely here:

mypy/mypy/constraints.py

Lines 475 to 478 in eeafe6b

if template.type_guard is not None:
template_ret_type = template.type_guard
if cactual.type_guard is not None:
cactual_ret_type = cactual.type_guard

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One more weird case:

from typing import Callable
from typing_extensions import TypeGuard

def different_typeguard(f: Callable[[object], TypeGuard[str]]): pass
def with_typeguard(o: object) -> TypeGuard[bool]: pass

different_typeguard(with_typeguard)

I don't think that this should be allowed. But, right now it is: no errors are shown.

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