Clarify docs for python_version to python_full_version transformation (#6135)

Follow up to https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/6126.

crates/pep508-rs/src/marker/algebra.rs

@@ -856,22 +856,26 @@ fn normalize_specifier(specifier: VersionSpecifier) -> VersionSpecifier {
 
     // The decision diagram relies on the assumption that the negation of a marker tree is
     // the complement of the marker space. However, pre-release versions violate this assumption.
-    // For example, the marker `python_full_version > '3.9' or python_full_version <= '3.9'`
-    // does not match `python_full_version == 3.9.0a0`. However, it's negation,
-    // `python_full_version > '3.9' and python_full_version <= '3.9'` also does not include
-    // `3.9.0a0`, and is actually `false`.
     //
-    // For this reason we ignore pre-release versions entirely when evaluating markers.
-    // Note that `python_version` cannot take on pre-release values so this is necessary for
-    // simplifying ranges, but for `python_full_version` this decision is a semantic change.
+    // For example, the marker `python_full_version > '3.9' or python_full_version <= '3.9'`
+    // does not match `python_full_version == 3.9.0a0` and so cannot simplify to `true`. However,
+    // its negation, `python_full_version > '3.9' and python_full_version <= '3.9'`, also does not
+    // match `3.9.0a0` and simplifies to `false`, which violates the algebra decision diagrams
+    // rely on. For this reason we ignore pre-release versions entirely when evaluating markers.
+    //
+    // Note that `python_version` cannot take on pre-release values as it is truncated to just the
+    // major and minor version segments. Thus using release-only specifiers is definitely necessary
+    // for `python_version` to fully simplify any ranges, such as `python_version > '3.9' or python_version <= '3.9'`,
+    // which is always `true` for `python_version`. For `python_full_version` however, this decision
+    // is a semantic change.
     let mut release = version.release();
 
     // Strip any trailing `0`s.
     //
-    // The [`Version`] type ignores trailing `0`s for equality, but still preserves them in it's
+    // The [`Version`] type ignores trailing `0`s for equality, but still preserves them in its
     // [`Display`] output. We must normalize all versions by stripping trailing `0`s to remove the
-    // distinction between versions like `3.9` and `3.9.0`, whose output will depend on which form
-    // was added to the global marker interner first.
+    // distinction between versions like `3.9` and `3.9.0`. Otherwise, their output would depend on
+    // which form was added to the global marker interner first.
     //
     // Note that we cannot strip trailing `0`s for star equality, as `==3.0.*` is different from `==3.*`.
     if !operator.is_star() {
@@ -885,20 +889,31 @@ fn normalize_specifier(specifier: VersionSpecifier) -> VersionSpecifier {
     VersionSpecifier::from_version(operator, Version::new(release)).unwrap()
 }
 
-/// Returns the equivalent `python_full_version` specifier for a `python_version` comparison.
+/// Returns the equivalent `python_full_version` specifier for a `python_version` specifier.
 ///
 /// Returns `Err` with a constant node if the equivalent comparison is always `true` or `false`.
 fn python_version_to_full_version(specifier: VersionSpecifier) -> Result<VersionSpecifier, NodeId> {
+    // Extract the major and minor version segments if the specifier contains exactly
+    // those segments, or if it contains a major segment with an implied minor segment of `0`.
     let major_minor = match *specifier.version().release() {
-        // `python_version == 3.*` is equivalent to `python_full_version == 3.*`
-        // and adding a trailing `0` would be incorrect.
+        // For star operators, we cannot add a trailing `0`.
+        //
+        // `python_version == 3.*` is equivalent to `python_full_version == 3.*`. Adding a
+        // trailing `0` would result in `python_version == 3.0.*`, which is incorrect.
         [_major] if specifier.operator().is_star() => return Ok(specifier),
-        // Note that `python_version == 3` matches `3.0.1`, `3.0.2`, etc.
+        // Add a trailing `0` for the minor version, which is implied.
+        // For example, `python_version == 3` matches `3.0.1`, `3.0.2`, etc.
         [major] => Some((major, 0)),
         [major, minor] => Some((major, minor)),
+        // Specifiers including segments beyond the minor version require separate handling.
         _ => None,
     };
 
+    // Note that the values taken on by `python_version` are truncated to their major and minor
+    // version segments. For example, a python version of `3.7.0`, `3.7.1`, and so on, would all
+    // result in a `python_version` marker of `3.7`. For this reason, we must consider the range
+    // of values that would satisfy a `python_version` specifier when truncated in order to transform
+    // the the specifier into its `python_full_version` equivalent.
     if let Some((major, minor)) = major_minor {
         let version = Version::new([major, minor]);
 

crates/pep508-rs/src/marker/tree.rs

@@ -1069,7 +1069,8 @@ impl MarkerTree {
     #[allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value)]
     pub fn simplify_python_versions(self, python_version: Range<Version>) -> MarkerTree {
         MarkerTree(INTERNER.lock().restrict_versions(self.0, &|var| match var {
-            // Note that `python_version` is normalized to `python_full_version`.
+            // Note that `python_version` is normalized to `python_full_version` internally by the
+            // decision diagram.
             Variable::Version(MarkerValueVersion::PythonFullVersion) => {
                 Some(python_version.clone())
             }
@@ -1803,6 +1804,10 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_marker_simplification() {
+        assert_false("python_version == '3.9.1'");
+        assert_false("python_version == '3.9.0.*'");
+        assert_true("python_version != '3.9.1'");
+
         assert_simplifies("python_version == '3.9'", "python_full_version == '3.9.*'");
         assert_simplifies(
             "python_version == '3.9.0'",
@@ -2207,6 +2212,26 @@ mod test {
             "python_full_version == '3.7.*'",
             "python_full_version == '3.7.1'"
         ));
+
+        assert!(is_disjoint(
+            "python_version == '3.7'",
+            "python_full_version == '3.8'"
+        ));
+
+        assert!(!is_disjoint(
+            "python_version == '3.7'",
+            "python_full_version == '3.7.2'"
+        ));
+
+        assert!(is_disjoint(
+            "python_version > '3.7'",
+            "python_full_version == '3.7.1'"
+        ));
+
+        assert!(!is_disjoint(
+            "python_version <= '3.7'",
+            "python_full_version == '3.7.1'"
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2376,6 +2401,10 @@ mod test {
         assert!(m(marker).is_true(), "{marker} != true");
     }
 
+    fn assert_false(marker: &str) {
+        assert!(m(marker).is_false(), "{marker} != false");
+    }
+
     fn is_disjoint(left: impl AsRef<str>, right: impl AsRef<str>) -> bool {
         let (left, right) = (m(left.as_ref()), m(right.as_ref()));
         left.is_disjoint(&right) && right.is_disjoint(&left)