ruff/crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/del.md
Matthew Mckee b30d97e5e0
[ty] Support __setitem__ and improve __getitem__ related diagnostics (#19578)
## Summary

Adds validation to subscript assignment expressions.

```py
class Foo: ...

class Bar:
    __setattr__ = None

class Baz:
    def __setitem__(self, index: str, value: int) -> None:
        pass

# We now emit a diagnostic on these statements
Foo()[1] = 2
Bar()[1] = 2
Baz()[1] = 2

```

Also improves error messages on invalid `__getitem__` expressions

## Test Plan

Update mdtests and add more to `subscript/instance.md`

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Co-authored-by: David Peter <sharkdp@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: David Peter <mail@david-peter.de>
2025-08-01 09:23:27 +02:00

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# `del` statement
## Basic
```py
a = 1
del a
# error: [unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(a) # revealed: Unknown
# error: [invalid-syntax] "Invalid delete target"
del 1
# error: [unresolved-reference]
del a
x, y = 1, 2
del x, y
# error: [unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(x) # revealed: Unknown
# error: [unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(y) # revealed: Unknown
def cond() -> bool:
return True
b = 1
if cond():
del b
# error: [possibly-unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(b) # revealed: Literal[1]
c = 1
if cond():
c = 2
else:
del c
# error: [possibly-unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(c) # revealed: Literal[2]
d = [1, 2, 3]
def delete():
del d # error: [unresolved-reference] "Name `d` used when not defined"
delete()
reveal_type(d) # revealed: list[Unknown]
def delete_element():
# When the `del` target isn't a name, it doesn't force local resolution.
del d[0]
print(d)
def delete_global():
global d
del d
# We could lint that `d` is unbound in this trivial case, but because it's global we'd need to
# be careful about false positives if `d` got reinitialized somehow in between the two `del`s.
del d
delete_global()
# Again, the variable should have been removed, but we don't check it.
reveal_type(d) # revealed: list[Unknown]
def delete_nonlocal():
e = 2
def delete_nonlocal_bad():
del e # error: [unresolved-reference] "Name `e` used when not defined"
def delete_nonlocal_ok():
nonlocal e
del e
# As with `global` above, we don't track that the nonlocal `e` is unbound.
del e
```
## `del` forces local resolution even if it's unreachable
Without a `global x` or `nonlocal x` declaration in `foo`, `del x` in `foo` causes `print(x)` in an
inner function `bar` to resolve to `foo`'s binding, in this case an unresolved reference / unbound
local error:
```py
x = 1
def foo():
print(x) # error: [unresolved-reference] "Name `x` used when not defined"
if False:
# Assigning to `x` would have the same effect here.
del x
def bar():
print(x) # error: [unresolved-reference] "Name `x` used when not defined"
```
## But `del` doesn't force local resolution of `global` or `nonlocal` variables
However, with `global x` in `foo`, `print(x)` in `bar` resolves in the global scope, despite the
`del` in `foo`:
```py
x = 1
def foo():
global x
def bar():
# allowed, refers to `x` in the global scope
reveal_type(x) # revealed: Unknown | Literal[1]
bar()
del x # allowed, deletes `x` in the global scope (though we don't track that)
```
`nonlocal x` has a similar effect, if we add an extra `enclosing` scope to give it something to
refer to:
```py
def enclosing():
x = 2
def foo():
nonlocal x
def bar():
# allowed, refers to `x` in `enclosing`
reveal_type(x) # revealed: Literal[2]
bar()
del x # allowed, deletes `x` in `enclosing` (though we don't track that)
```
## Delete attributes
If an attribute is referenced after being deleted, it will be an error at runtime. But we don't
treat this as an error (because there may have been a redefinition by a method between the `del`
statement and the reference). However, deleting an attribute invalidates type narrowing by
assignment, and the attribute type will be the originally declared type.
### Invalidate narrowing
```py
class C:
x: int = 1
c = C()
del c.x
reveal_type(c.x) # revealed: int
# error: [unresolved-attribute]
del c.non_existent
c.x = 1
reveal_type(c.x) # revealed: Literal[1]
del c.x
reveal_type(c.x) # revealed: int
```
### Delete an instance attribute definition
```py
class C:
x: int = 1
c = C()
reveal_type(c.x) # revealed: int
del C.x
c = C()
# This attribute is unresolved, but we won't check it for now.
reveal_type(c.x) # revealed: int
```
## Delete items
Deleting an item also invalidates the narrowing by the assignment, but accessing the item itself is
still valid.
```py
def f(l: list[int]):
del l[0]
# If the length of `l` was 1, this will be a runtime error,
# but if it was greater than that, it will not be an error.
reveal_type(l[0]) # revealed: int
# error: [invalid-argument-type]
del l["string"]
l[0] = 1
reveal_type(l[0]) # revealed: Literal[1]
del l[0]
reveal_type(l[0]) # revealed: int
```