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mttbernardini opened this issue Jun 27, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #15541
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mypy doesn't correctly infer Self attributes on subclasses #15529

mttbernardini opened this issue Jun 27, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #15541
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bug mypy got something wrong topic-self-types Types for self

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Bug Report

When using the Self special form to annotate class attributes, mypy doesn't correctly infer the bound type in subclasses methods.

class A:
   _ref: Self

class B(A):
   def func(self):
      self._ref # should be inferred as `B`

To Reproduce

Here's a little more elaborate example:

from typing import Self, TypeGuard, Protocol
from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Node:
    _original: Self | None
    _x: int
    
    def __init__(self, x: int) -> None:
        self._original = None
        self._x = x
    
    @property
    def isClone(self) -> bool:
        return self._original is not None
    
    @property
    def x(self) -> int:
        if self._original is not None:
            return self._original.x
        return self._x
    
    def clone(self: Self) -> Self:
        cls = type(self)
        cloned = cls.__new__(cls)
        cloned._original = self
        return cloned


class Node2D(Node):
    _y: int
    
    def __init__(self, x: int, y: int) -> None:
        super().__init__(x)
        self._y = y
    
    @property
    def y(self) -> int:
        if self._original is not None:
            reveal_type(self._original)
            return self._original.y
        return self._y


n2 = Node2D(10, 20)
n2c = n2.clone()

reveal_type(n2c)
reveal_type(n2c._original)
        

https://mypy-play.net/?mypy=latest&python=3.11&gist=c7f02b59664a088d305ea951810abc9c

Expected Behavior

When an attribute annotated as Self is referenced in a method of a subclass, the type is correctly inferred as the subclass type.

Actual Behavior

The attribute seems to be inferred as an unbound type Self'0 when referenced from the method, but it gets correctly inferred as the subclass type when referenced in the global scope.

main.py:39: note: Revealed type is "Self`0"
main.py:40: error: "Self" has no attribute "y"  [attr-defined]
main.py:47: note: Revealed type is "__main__.Node2D"
main.py:48: note: Revealed type is "Union[__main__.Node2D, None]"
@mttbernardini mttbernardini added the bug mypy got something wrong label Jun 27, 2023
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self._ref # should be inferred as B

It should not be B, it should still be Self (otherwise return self will fail in a method annotated with -> Self), but it should be a different Self, the one of the subclass.

@AlexWaygood AlexWaygood added the topic-self-types Types for self label Jun 28, 2023
ilevkivskyi added a commit that referenced this issue Jun 29, 2023
Fixes #15529

The fix is straightforward, hopefully there will be no fallout. (Note
that #14075 would also fix this, but I am still not sure we should do
that)

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Co-authored-by: Shantanu <[email protected]>
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