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builtins.sum: Spurious error for operands having __add__ defined using partialmetho #17734

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Bug Report

This is a follow-on from python/typeshed#7739. See there for additional context provided by @srittau and @AlexWaygood.

To Reproduce

from __future__ import annotations
from functools import partialmethod

class A:
    def my_add(self, other: A, reverse: bool) -> A:
        return self

    __add__ = partialmethod(my_add, reverse=False)

a = A()
aa = A()
aaa = A()
result = sum([aa, a], start=aaa)

Expected Behavior

The above seems like a legitimate way to define __add__.

Actual Behavior

$ mypy --version
mypy 0.950 (compiled: yes)

$ mypy --show-error-codes --strict  mypy_bug_report.py 
mypy_bug_report.py:15: error: No overload variant of "sum" matches argument types "List[A]", "A"  [call-overload]
mypy_bug_report.py:15: note: Possible overload variants:
mypy_bug_report.py:15: note:     def [_SumT <: _SupportsSum] sum(Iterable[_SumT]) -> Union[_SumT, Literal[0]]
mypy_bug_report.py:15: note:     def [_SumT <: _SupportsSum, _SumS <: _SupportsSum] sum(Iterable[_SumT], start: _SumS) -> Union[_SumT, _SumS]
Found 1 error in 1 file (checked 1 source file)

mypy 1.11.1's output is essentially unchanged.

Your Environment

  • Mypy version used: 0.950, 1.11.1
  • Mypy command-line flags: none, or as above
  • Mypy configuration options from mypy.ini (and other config files): none
  • Python version used: 3.12.5, from Debian

cc @kaushikcfd

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