Feature
If --disallow-any-generics or --strict is on, I'd like mypy to emit E: Missing type parameters for generic type "list" [type-arg] when calling f(list) for the following function definitions:
def f[T](arg: type[T], /) -> T: ...
def f[T](arg: TypeForm[T], /) -> T: ...
Currently, there's no error report, and reveal_type(f(list)) shows Any.
Pitch
Due to the lack of error reporting in the above situation, implicit Anys currently easily leak when using type[T] or TypeForm[T], creating an implicit source of unsafety, which is surprising under --strict mode. Adapting the examples from PEP 747: Motivation:
# mypy: enable-incomplete-feature=TypeForm, disable-error-code=empty-body
from collections.abc import Callable
from typing_extensions import TypeForm, TypeIs
def trycast_list_item[T](typx: TypeForm[list[T]], value: object) -> T | None: ...
reveal_type(trycast_list_item(list, [1])) # N: Revealed type is "Any | None"
def isassignable_list_item[T](value: object, typx: TypeForm[list[T]]) -> TypeIs[T]: ...
a: object
if isassignable_list_item(a, list):
reveal_type(a) # N: Revealed type is "Any"
else:
reveal_type(a) # N: Revealed type is "builtins.object"