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Typing: runtime-checkable protocols are broken on main #104555

@AlexWaygood

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@AlexWaygood

PEP-695 protocols don't work as intended:

Here's the behaviour you get with protocols that use pre-PEP 695 syntax, which is correct:

>>> from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable, TypeVar
>>> T_co = TypeVar("T_co", covariant=True)
>>> @runtime_checkable
... class SupportsAbsOld(Protocol[T_co]):
...     def __abs__(self) -> T_co:
...         ...
...
>>> isinstance(0, SupportsAbsOld)
True
>>> issubclass(float, SupportsAbsOld)
True

And here's the behaviour you get on main with protocols that use PEP 695 syntax, which is incorrect:

>>> @runtime_checkable
... class SupportsAbsNew[T_co](Protocol):
...     def __abs__(self) -> T_co:
...         ...
...
>>> isinstance(0, SupportsAbsNew)
False
>>> issubclass(float, SupportsAbsNew)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\alexw\coding\cpython\Lib\abc.py", line 123, in __subclasscheck__
    return _abc_subclasscheck(cls, subclass)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\alexw\coding\cpython\Lib\typing.py", line 1875, in _proto_hook
    raise TypeError("Protocols with non-method members"
TypeError: Protocols with non-method members don't support issubclass()

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