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Description
Following up on my previous issue, it seems TypeVars are bugged and do not allow for more specific subclasses of one of the bound types specific, unlike using Unions alone?
See the 2 generic types represented by the variables "CombinedTypes" and "T"
Environment
- Mypy version used: 0.950 and 0.960
- Mypy command-line flags: None
- Mypy configuration options from
mypy.ini
(and other config files): None - Python version used: Python 3.10.4
- Operating system and version: Windows 10 (Version 21H2)
Full simplified test code to reproduce the bug
from abc import ABCMeta
from typing import Generic, TypeVar, Union
class BaseEngine(metaclass=ABCMeta):
pass
class BaseEngineVariantA(BaseEngine):
pass
class BaseEngineVariantB(BaseEngine):
pass
class VariantAConcreteEngine(BaseEngineVariantA):
pass
CombinedTypes = Union[BaseEngineVariantA, BaseEngineVariantB]
T = TypeVar('T', bound=CombinedTypes)
class IBase(Generic[T], metaclass=ABCMeta):
def __init__(self, engine: T):
self.engine = engine
class IAction(IBase[T], metaclass=ABCMeta):
pass
class ErrorIfUsingTypeVar(IBase[T]):
def __init__(self, something: T, actions_injected: type[IAction[T]]) -> None:
self.something = something
self.actions_injected = actions_injected
def foo(self) -> None:
if not isinstance(self.something, VariantAConcreteEngine):
raise Exception("HI")
self.actions_injected(self.something) # Gives a mypy error of - error: Argument 1 to "IAction" has incompatible type "VariantAConcreteEngine"; expected "T"
class WorksFineUsingUnionsAlone(IBase[CombinedTypes]):
def __init__(self, something: CombinedTypes, actions_injected: type[IAction[CombinedTypes]]) -> None:
self.something = something
self.actions_injected = actions_injected
def foo(self) -> None:
if not isinstance(self.something, VariantAConcreteEngine):
raise Exception("HI")
self.actions_injected(self.something) # No error if using unions alone