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[ty] Add partial support for TypeIs (#18589)
## Summary

Part of [#117](https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/117).

`TypeIs[]` is a special form that allows users to define their own
narrowing functions. Despite the syntax, `TypeIs` is not a generic and,
on its own, it is meaningless as a type.
[Officially](https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/narrowing.html#typeis),
a function annotated as returning a `TypeIs[T]` is a <i>type narrowing
function</i>, where `T` is called the <i>`TypeIs` return type</i>.

A `TypeIs[T]` may or may not be bound to a symbol. Only bound types have
narrowing effect:

```python
def f(v: object = object()) -> TypeIs[int]: ...

a: str = returns_str()

if reveal_type(f()):   # Unbound: TypeIs[int]
	reveal_type(a)     # str

if reveal_type(f(a)):  # Bound:   TypeIs[a, int]
	reveal_type(a)     # str & int
```

Delayed usages of a bound type has no effect, however:

```python
b = f(a)

if b:
	reveal_type(a)     # str
```

A `TypeIs[T]` type:

* Is fully static when `T` is fully static.
* Is a singleton/single-valued when it is bound.
* Has exactly two runtime inhabitants when it is unbound: `True` and
`False`.
  In other words, an unbound type have ambiguous truthiness.
It is possible to infer more precise truthiness for bound types;
however, that is not part of this change.

`TypeIs[T]` is a subtype of or otherwise assignable to `bool`. `TypeIs`
is invariant with respect to the `TypeIs` return type: `TypeIs[int]` is
neither a subtype nor a supertype of `TypeIs[bool]`. When ty sees a
function marked as returning `TypeIs[T]`, its `return`s will be checked
against `bool` instead. ty will also report such functions if they don't
accept a positional argument. Addtionally, a type narrowing function
call with no positional arguments (e.g., `f()` in the example above)
will be considered invalid.

## Test Plan

Markdown tests.

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Co-authored-by: Carl Meyer <carl@astral.sh>
2025-06-13 15:27:45 -07:00
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