stubtest: False-positive errors for `type[T]` attributes with non-`type` metaclasses
Bug Report
Given a stub like so:
from abc import ABCMeta
class Y(metaclass=ABCMeta): ...
class Z:
foo: type[Y]
And a runtime like so:
from abc import ABCMeta
class Y(metaclass=ABCMeta): ...
class Z:
foo = Y
Stubtest will issue the following complaint:
error: Z.foo variable differs from runtime type abc.ABCMeta
This error can be reproduced with any custom metaclass; it's not just ABCMeta that triggers the bug:
# STUB
class Meta(type): ...
class Y(metaclass=Meta): ...
class Z:
foo: type[Y]
# RUNTIME:
class Meta(type): ...
class Y(metaclass=Meta): ...
class Z:
foo = Y
To Reproduce
- Check out a local clone of mypy
- Activate a virtual environment with an editable install of mypy
- Apply this diff:
diff --git a/mypy/test/teststubtest.py b/mypy/test/teststubtest.py
index 2adbfaac2..60ddebc7f 100644
--- a/mypy/test/teststubtest.py
+++ b/mypy/test/teststubtest.py
@@ -208,6 +208,21 @@ class StubtestUnit(unittest.TestCase):
""",
error="X.mistyped_var",
)
+ yield Case(
+ stub="""
+ class Meta(type): ...
+ class Y(metaclass=Meta): ...
+ class Z:
+ foo: type[Y]
+ """,
+ runtime="""
+ class Meta(type): ...
+ class Y(metaclass=Meta): ...
+ class Z:
+ foo = Y
+ """,
+ error=None
+ )
- Run
pytest ./mypy/test/teststubtest.py
Expected Behavior
No error should be emitted.
Actual Behavior
An error was emitted.
Cc. @hauntsaninja
The issue seems to be that the call to is_subtype_helper here returns False, whereas for a class without a metaclass, it returns True: https://github.com/python/mypy/blob/d27bff62f71a8b914b1df239467148e81d2e88a2/mypy/stubtest.py#L887
So the question is_subtype_helper gets posed is whether Meta is a subtype of type[Y]. This fails for the same reason that mypy will complain about x: type[Y] = Meta. The fix is probably some change in get_mypy_type_of_runtime_value — we currently always make Instances, but maybe we should have some complicated logic that comes up with TypeType for metaclasses? Might be a little tricky to get heuristics right, but subclass of type is hopefully good enough