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[ty] Return a tuple spec from the iterator protocol (#19496)
This PR updates our iterator protocol machinery to return a tuple spec
describing the elements that are returned, instead of a type. That
allows us to track heterogeneous iterators more precisely, and
consolidates the logic in unpacking and splatting, which are the two
places where we can take advantage of that more precise information.
(Other iterator consumers, like `for` loops, have to collapse the
iterated elements down to a single type regardless, and we provide a new
helper method on `TupleSpec` to perform that summarization.)
2025-07-23 17:11:44 -04:00

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For loops

Basic for loop

class IntIterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class IntIterable:
    def __iter__(self) -> IntIterator:
        return IntIterator()

for x in IntIterable():
    pass

# revealed: int
# error: [possibly-unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(x)

With previous definition

class IntIterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class IntIterable:
    def __iter__(self) -> IntIterator:
        return IntIterator()

x = "foo"

for x in IntIterable():
    pass

reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Literal["foo"] | int

With else (no break)

class IntIterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class IntIterable:
    def __iter__(self) -> IntIterator:
        return IntIterator()

for x in IntIterable():
    pass
else:
    x = "foo"

reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Literal["foo"]

May break

class IntIterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class IntIterable:
    def __iter__(self) -> IntIterator:
        return IntIterator()

for x in IntIterable():
    if x > 5:
        break
else:
    x = "foo"

reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | Literal["foo"]

With old-style iteration protocol

class OldStyleIterable:
    def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> int:
        return 42

for x in OldStyleIterable():
    pass

# revealed: int
# error: [possibly-unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(x)

With heterogeneous tuple

for x in (1, "a", b"foo"):
    pass

# revealed: Literal[1, "a", b"foo"]
# error: [possibly-unresolved-reference]
reveal_type(x)

With non-callable iterator

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

def _(flag: bool):
    class NotIterable:
        if flag:
            __iter__: int = 1
        else:
            __iter__: None = None

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in NotIterable():
        pass

    # revealed: Unknown
    # error: [possibly-unresolved-reference]
    reveal_type(x)

Invalid iterable

nonsense = 123
for x in nonsense:  # error: [not-iterable]
    pass

New over old style iteration protocol

class NotIterable:
    def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> int:
        return 42
    __iter__: None = None

for x in NotIterable():  # error: [not-iterable]
    pass

Union type as iterable

class TestIter:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class Test:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter:
        return TestIter()

class Test2:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter:
        return TestIter()

def _(flag: bool):
    for x in Test() if flag else Test2():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Union type as iterator

class TestIter:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class TestIter2:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class Test:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter | TestIter2:
        return TestIter()

for x in Test():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Union type as iterable and union type as iterator

class Result1A: ...
class Result1B: ...
class Result2A: ...
class Result2B: ...
class Result3: ...
class Result4: ...

class TestIter1:
    def __next__(self) -> Result1A | Result1B:
        return Result1B()

class TestIter2:
    def __next__(self) -> Result2A | Result2B:
        return Result2B()

class TestIter3:
    def __next__(self) -> Result3:
        return Result3()

class TestIter4:
    def __next__(self) -> Result4:
        return Result4()

class Test:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter1 | TestIter2:
        return TestIter1()

class Test2:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter3 | TestIter4:
        return TestIter3()

def _(flag: bool):
    for x in Test() if flag else Test2():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Result1A | Result1B | Result2A | Result2B | Result3 | Result4

Union type as iterable where one union element has no __iter__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class TestIter:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class Test:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter:
        return TestIter()

def _(flag: bool):
    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Test() if flag else 42:
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Union type as iterable where one union element has invalid __iter__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class TestIter:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class Test:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter:
        return TestIter()

class Test2:
    def __iter__(self) -> int:
        return 42

def _(flag: bool):
    # TODO: Improve error message to state which union variant isn't iterable (https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/13989)
    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Test() if flag else Test2():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Union type as iterator where one union element has no __next__ method

class TestIter:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class Test:
    def __iter__(self) -> TestIter | int:
        return TestIter()

# error: [not-iterable] "Object of type `Test` may not be iterable"
for x in Test():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Possibly-not-callable __iter__ method

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterator:
        def __next__(self) -> int:
            return 42

    class CustomCallable:
        if flag:
            def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        else:
            __call__: None = None

    class Iterable1:
        __iter__: CustomCallable = CustomCallable()

    class Iterable2:
        if flag:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        else:
            __iter__: None = None

    # error: [not-iterable] "Object of type `Iterable1` may not be iterable"
    for x in Iterable1():
        # TODO... `int` might be ideal here?
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | Unknown

    # error: [not-iterable] "Object of type `Iterable2` may not be iterable"
    for y in Iterable2():
        # TODO... `int` might be ideal here?
        reveal_type(y)  # revealed: int | Unknown

__iter__ method with a bad signature

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Iterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

class Iterable:
    def __iter__(self, extra_arg) -> Iterator:
        return Iterator()

# error: [not-iterable]
for x in Iterable():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

__iter__ does not return an iterator

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Bad:
    def __iter__(self) -> int:
        return 42

# error: [not-iterable]
for x in Bad():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Unknown

__iter__ returns an object with a possibly unbound __next__ method

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterator:
        if flag:
            def __next__(self) -> int:
                return 42

    class Iterable:
        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
            return Iterator()

    # error: [not-iterable] "Object of type `Iterable` may not be iterable"
    for x in Iterable():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

__iter__ returns an iterator with an invalid __next__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Iterator1:
    def __next__(self, extra_arg) -> int:
        return 42

class Iterator2:
    __next__: None = None

class Iterable1:
    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator1:
        return Iterator1()

class Iterable2:
    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator2:
        return Iterator2()

# error: [not-iterable]
for x in Iterable1():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

# error: [not-iterable]
for y in Iterable2():
    reveal_type(y)  # revealed: Unknown

Possibly unbound __iter__ and bad __getitem__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterator:
        def __next__(self) -> int:
            return 42

    class Iterable:
        if flag:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        # invalid signature because it only accepts a `str`,
        # but the old-style iteration protocol will pass it an `int`
        def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> bytes:
            return bytes()

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | bytes

Possibly unbound __iter__ and not-callable __getitem__

This snippet tests that we infer the element type correctly in the following edge case:

  • __iter__ is a method with the correct parameter spec that returns a valid iterator; BUT
  • __iter__ is possibly unbound; AND
  • __getitem__ is set to a non-callable type

It's important that we emit a diagnostic here, but it's also important that we still use the return type of the iterator's __next__ method as the inferred type of x in the for loop:

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterator:
        def __next__(self) -> int:
            return 42

    class Iterable:
        if flag:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        __getitem__: None = None

    # error: [not-iterable] "Object of type `Iterable` may not be iterable"
    for x in Iterable():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Possibly unbound __iter__ and possibly unbound __getitem__

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Iterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

def _(flag1: bool, flag2: bool):
    class Iterable:
        if flag1:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        if flag2:
            def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> bytes:
                return bytes()

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | bytes

No __iter__ method and __getitem__ is not callable

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Bad:
    __getitem__: None = None

# error: [not-iterable]
for x in Bad():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Unknown

Possibly-not-callable __getitem__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

def _(flag: bool):
    class CustomCallable:
        if flag:
            def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> int:
                return 42
        else:
            __call__: None = None

    class Iterable1:
        __getitem__: CustomCallable = CustomCallable()

    class Iterable2:
        if flag:
            def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> int:
                return 42
        else:
            __getitem__: None = None

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable1():
        # TODO... `int` might be ideal here?
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | Unknown

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for y in Iterable2():
        # TODO... `int` might be ideal here?
        reveal_type(y)  # revealed: int | Unknown

Bad __getitem__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Iterable:
    # invalid because it will implicitly be passed an `int`
    # by the interpreter
    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> int:
        return 42

# error: [not-iterable]
for x in Iterable():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

Possibly unbound __iter__ but definitely bound __getitem__

Here, we should not emit a diagnostic: if __iter__ is unbound, we should fallback to __getitem__:

class Iterator:
    def __next__(self) -> str:
        return "foo"

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterable:
        if flag:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()

        def __getitem__(self, key: int) -> bytes:
            return b"foo"

    for x in Iterable():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: str | bytes

Possibly invalid __iter__ methods

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Iterator:
    def __next__(self) -> int:
        return 42

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterable1:
        if flag:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        else:
            def __iter__(self, invalid_extra_arg) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable1():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int

    class Iterable2:
        if flag:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()
        else:
            __iter__: None = None

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable2():
        # TODO: `int` would probably be better here:
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | Unknown

Possibly invalid __next__ method

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterator1:
        if flag:
            def __next__(self) -> int:
                return 42
        else:
            def __next__(self, invalid_extra_arg) -> str:
                return "foo"

    class Iterator2:
        if flag:
            def __next__(self) -> int:
                return 42
        else:
            __next__: None = None

    class Iterable1:
        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator1:
            return Iterator1()

    class Iterable2:
        def __iter__(self) -> Iterator2:
            return Iterator2()

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable1():
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: int | str

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for y in Iterable2():
        # TODO: `int` would probably be better here:
        reveal_type(y)  # revealed: int | Unknown

Possibly invalid __getitem__ methods

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

def _(flag: bool):
    class Iterable1:
        if flag:
            def __getitem__(self, item: int) -> str:
                return "foo"
        else:
            __getitem__: None = None

    class Iterable2:
        if flag:
            def __getitem__(self, item: int) -> str:
                return "foo"
        else:
            def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> int:
                return 42

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable1():
        # TODO: `str` might be better
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: str | Unknown

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for y in Iterable2():
        reveal_type(y)  # revealed: str | int

Possibly unbound __iter__ and possibly invalid __getitem__

from typing_extensions import reveal_type

class Iterator:
    def __next__(self) -> bytes:
        return b"foo"

def _(flag: bool, flag2: bool):
    class Iterable1:
        if flag:
            def __getitem__(self, item: int) -> str:
                return "foo"
        else:
            __getitem__: None = None

        if flag2:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()

    class Iterable2:
        if flag:
            def __getitem__(self, item: int) -> str:
                return "foo"
        else:
            def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> int:
                return 42
        if flag2:
            def __iter__(self) -> Iterator:
                return Iterator()

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for x in Iterable1():
        # TODO: `bytes | str` might be better
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: bytes | str | Unknown

    # error: [not-iterable]
    for y in Iterable2():
        reveal_type(y)  # revealed: bytes | str | int

Empty tuple is iterable

for x in ():
    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Never

Never is iterable

from typing_extensions import Never

def f(never: Never):
    for x in never:
        reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Unknown