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Incomplete and incorrect stub generation of a dataclass. #16811

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nknavasto opened this issue Jan 24, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #16906
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Incomplete and incorrect stub generation of a dataclass. #16811

nknavasto opened this issue Jan 24, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #16906
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Bug Report
Stubs for a dataclass are incomplete and depending on the use case also incorrect. Consider the following dataclass:

# module.py
import dataclasses


@dataclasses.dataclass
class A:
    foo: str
    bar: str = "default"
    baz: str = dataclasses.field(default="hidden default", init=False)

    def method(self, a: int) -> float:
        return 0.0

The resulting generated stubs are

import dataclasses

@dataclasses.dataclass
class A:
    foo: str
    bar: str = ...
    baz: str = ...
    def method(self, a: int) -> float: ...
    def __init__(self, foo, bar) -> None: ...

As you can see, the method method received the correct type hints. However, the __init__ method did not. It correctly removed the baz parameter, as this has the init=False flag, but no type hints are present. Also, it does not reflect the fact, that bar is only an optional parameter. This leads to incorrect type hints when using this dataclass.

To Reproduce
Run stubgen module.py.

Expected Behavior

The expected behavior could look something like this:

import dataclasses

@dataclasses.dataclass
class A:
    foo: str
    bar: str = ...
    baz: str = ...
    def method(self, a: int) -> float: ...
    def __init__(self, foo: str, bar: str = "default") -> None: ...

Your Environment

  • Mypy version used: 1.8.0
  • Mypy command-line flags: none
  • Mypy configuration options from mypy.ini (and other config files): none
  • Python version used: 3.8
@nknavasto nknavasto added the bug mypy got something wrong label Jan 24, 2024
hamdanal added a commit to hamdanal/mypy that referenced this issue Feb 11, 2024
JelleZijlstra pushed a commit that referenced this issue Feb 16, 2024
Fixes #16811

stubgen was swallowing default values for `__init__` methods generated
by the dataclass plugin making their signature incorrect. This is
because the plugin does not include the argument's initializer in the
generated signature. I changed it to include a dummy ellipsis so that
stubgen can generate correct code.
I also fixed arguments added by the dataclass plugin with the invalid
names `*` and `**` to have the valid and unique names `*generated_args`
and `**generated_kwargs` (with extra underscores to make them unique if
necessary). This removes the need for the hack to special case them in
stubgen and is less confusing for someone looking at them in a stub
file.
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