[red-knot] Type API

crates/red_knot_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/type_api.md

@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+# Type API (`knot_extensions`)
+
+This document describes the internal `knot_extensions` API for creating and manipulating types as
+well as testing various type system properties.
+
+## Type extensions
+
+The Python language itself allows us to perform a variety of operations on types. For example, we
+can build a union of types like `int | None`, or we can use type constructors such as `list[int]`
+and `type[int]` to create new types. But some type-level operations that we rely on in Red Knot,
+like intersections, cannot yet be expressed in Python. The `knot_extensions` module provides the
+`Intersection` and `Not` type constructors (special forms) which allow us to construct these types
+directly.
+
+### Negation
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import Not, static_assert
+
+def negate(n1: Not[int], n2: Not[Not[int]], n3: Not[Not[Not[int]]]) -> None:
+    reveal_type(n1)  # revealed: ~int
+    reveal_type(n2)  # revealed: int
+    reveal_type(n3)  # revealed: ~int
+
+def static_truthiness(not_one: Not[Literal[1]]) -> None:
+    static_assert(not_one != 1)
+    static_assert(not (not_one == 1))
+```
+
+### Intersection
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import Intersection, Not, is_subtype_of, static_assert
+from typing_extensions import Never
+
+class S: ...
+class T: ...
+
+def x(x1: Intersection[S, T], x2: Intersection[S, Not[T]]) -> None:
+    reveal_type(x1)  # revealed: S & T
+    reveal_type(x2)  # revealed: S & ~T
+
+def y(y1: Intersection[int, object], y2: Intersection[int, bool], y3: Intersection[int, Never]) -> None:
+    reveal_type(y1)  # revealed: int
+    reveal_type(y2)  # revealed: bool
+    reveal_type(y3)  # revealed: Never
+
+def z(z1: Intersection[int, Not[Literal[1]], Not[Literal[2]]]) -> None:
+    reveal_type(z1)  # revealed: int & ~Literal[1] & ~Literal[2]
+
+class A: ...
+class B: ...
+class C: ...
+
+type ABC = Intersection[A, B, C]
+
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(ABC, A))
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(ABC, B))
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(ABC, C))
+
+class D: ...
+
+static_assert(not is_subtype_of(ABC, D))
+```
+
+### Unknown type
+
+The `Unknown` type is a special type that we use to represent actually unknown types (no
+annotation), as opposed to `Any` which represents an explicitly unknown type.
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import Unknown, static_assert, is_assignable_to, is_fully_static
+
+static_assert(is_assignable_to(Unknown, int))
+static_assert(is_assignable_to(int, Unknown))
+
+static_assert(not is_fully_static(Unknown))
+
+def explicit_unknown(x: Unknown, y: tuple[str, Unknown], z: Unknown = 1) -> None:
+    reveal_type(x)  # revealed: Unknown
+    reveal_type(y)  # revealed: tuple[str, Unknown]
+    reveal_type(z)  # revealed: Unknown | Literal[1]
+
+# Unknown can be subclassed, just like Any
+class C(Unknown): ...
+
+# revealed: tuple[Literal[C], Unknown, Literal[object]]
+reveal_type(C.__mro__)
+```
+
+## Static assertions
+
+### Basics
+
+The `knot_extensions` module provides a `static_assert` function that can be used to enforce
+properties at type-check time. The function takes an arbitrary expression and raises a type error if
+the expression is not of statically known truthiness.
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import static_assert
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+import sys
+
+static_assert(True)
+static_assert(False)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+
+static_assert(False or True)
+static_assert(True and True)
+static_assert(False or False)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+static_assert(False and True)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+
+static_assert(1 + 1 == 2)
+static_assert(1 + 1 == 3)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+
+static_assert("a" in "abc")
+static_assert("d" in "abc")  # error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+
+n = None
+static_assert(n is None)
+
+static_assert(TYPE_CHECKING)
+
+static_assert(sys.version_info >= (3, 6))
+```
+
+### Narrowing constraints
+
+Static assertions can be used to enforce narrowing constraints:
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import static_assert
+
+def f(x: int) -> None:
+    if x != 0:
+        static_assert(x != 0)
+    else:
+        # `int` can be subclassed, so we cannot assert that `x == 0` here:
+        # error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `bool` has an ambiguous static truthiness"
+        static_assert(x == 0)
+```
+
+### Truthy expressions
+
+See also:
+<https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com#truth-value-testing>
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import static_assert
+
+static_assert(False)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+
+static_assert(None)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `None` is statically known to be falsy"
+
+static_assert(1)
+static_assert(0)  # error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `Literal[0]` is statically known to be falsy"
+
+static_assert((0,))
+static_assert(())  # error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `tuple[()]` is statically known to be falsy"
+
+static_assert("a")
+static_assert("")  # error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `Literal[""]` is statically known to be falsy"
+
+static_assert(b"a")
+static_assert(b"")  # error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `Literal[b""]` is statically known to be falsy"
+```
+
+## Type predicates
+
+The `knot_extensions` module also provides predicates to test various properties of types. These are
+implemented as functions that return `Literal[True]` or `Literal[False]` depending on the result of
+the test.
+
+### Equivalence
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_equivalent_to, static_assert
+from typing_extensions import Never, Union
+
+static_assert(is_equivalent_to(type, type[object]))
+static_assert(is_equivalent_to(tuple[int, Never], Never))
+static_assert(is_equivalent_to(int | str, Union[int, str]))
+
+static_assert(not is_equivalent_to(int, str))
+static_assert(not is_equivalent_to(int | str, int | str | bytes))
+```
+
+### Subtyping
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_subtype_of, static_assert
+
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(bool, int))
+static_assert(not is_subtype_of(str, int))
+
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(bool, int | str))
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(str, int | str))
+static_assert(not is_subtype_of(bytes, int | str))
+
+class Base: ...
+class Derived(Base): ...
+class Unrelated: ...
+
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(Derived, Base))
+static_assert(not is_subtype_of(Base, Derived))
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(Base, Base))
+
+static_assert(not is_subtype_of(Unrelated, Base))
+static_assert(not is_subtype_of(Base, Unrelated))
+```
+
+### Assignability
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_assignable_to, static_assert
+from typing import Any
+
+static_assert(is_assignable_to(int, Any))
+static_assert(is_assignable_to(Any, str))
+static_assert(not is_assignable_to(int, str))
+```
+
+### Disjointness
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_disjoint_from, static_assert
+
+static_assert(is_disjoint_from(None, int))
+static_assert(not is_disjoint_from(Literal[2] | str, int))
+```
+
+### Fully static types
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_fully_static, static_assert
+from typing import Any
+
+static_assert(is_fully_static(int | str))
+static_assert(is_fully_static(type[int]))
+
+static_assert(not is_fully_static(int | Any))
+static_assert(not is_fully_static(type[Any]))
+```
+
+### Singleton types
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_singleton, static_assert
+
+static_assert(is_singleton(None))
+static_assert(is_singleton(Literal[True]))
+
+static_assert(not is_singleton(int))
+static_assert(not is_singleton(Literal["a"]))
+```
+
+### Single-valued types
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_single_valued, static_assert
+
+static_assert(is_single_valued(None))
+static_assert(is_single_valued(Literal[True]))
+static_assert(is_single_valued(Literal["a"]))
+
+static_assert(not is_single_valued(int))
+static_assert(not is_single_valued(Literal["a"] | Literal["b"]))
+```
+
+## `TypeOf`
+
+We use `TypeOf` to get the inferred type of an expression. This is useful when we want to refer to
+it in a type expression. For example, if we want to make sure that the class literal type `str` is a
+subtype of `type[str]`, we can not use `is_subtype_of(str, type[str])`, as that would test if the
+type `str` itself is a subtype of `type[str]`. Instead, we can use `TypeOf[str]` to get the type of
+the expression `str`:
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import TypeOf, is_subtype_of, static_assert
+
+# This is incorrect and therefore fails with ...
+# error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(str, type[str]))
+
+# Correct, returns True:
+static_assert(is_subtype_of(TypeOf[str], type[str]))
+
+class Base: ...
+class Derived(Base): ...
+
+# `TypeOf` can be used in annotations:
+def type_of_annotation() -> None:
+    t1: TypeOf[Base] = Base
+    t2: TypeOf[Base] = Derived  # error: [invalid-assignment]
+
+    # Note how this is different from `type[…]` which includes subclasses:
+    s1: type[Base] = Base
+    s2: type[Base] = Derived  # no error here
+```
+
+## Error handling
+
+### Failed assertions
+
+We provide various tailored error messages for wrong argument types to `static_assert`:
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import static_assert
+
+static_assert(2 * 3 == 6)
+
+# error: "Static assertion error: argument evaluates to `False`"
+static_assert(2 * 3 == 7)
+
+# error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `bool` has an ambiguous static truthiness"
+static_assert(int(2.0 * 3.0) == 6)
+
+class InvalidBoolDunder:
+    def __bool__(self) -> int:
+        return 1
+
+# error: "Static assertion error: argument of type `InvalidBoolDunder` has an ambiguous static truthiness"
+static_assert(InvalidBoolDunder())
+```
+
+### Wrong number of arguments for type predicates
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import is_subtype_of, is_fully_static
+
+# error: [missing-argument]
+is_subtype_of()
+
+# error: [missing-argument]
+is_subtype_of(int)
+
+# error: [too-many-positional-arguments]
+is_subtype_of(int, int, int)
+
+# error: [too-many-positional-arguments]
+is_subtype_of(int, int, int, int)
+
+# error: [missing-argument]
+is_fully_static()
+
+# error: [too-many-positional-arguments]
+is_fully_static(int, int)
+```
+
+### Wrong argument number for types and type constructors
+
+```py
+from knot_extensions import Not, Unknown, TypeOf
+
+# error: "Special form `knot_extensions.Unknown` expected no type parameter"
+u: Unknown[str]
+
+# error: "Special form `knot_extensions.Not` expected exactly one type parameter"
+n: Not[int, str]
+
+# error: "Special form `knot_extensions.TypeOf` expected exactly one type parameter"
+t: TypeOf[int, str, bytes]
+```

crates/red_knot_python_semantic/src/module_resolver/module.rs

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ pub enum KnownModule {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     Abc, // currently only used in tests
     Collections,
+    KnotExtensions,
 }
 
 impl KnownModule {
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ impl KnownModule {
             Self::Sys => "sys",
             Self::Abc => "abc",
             Self::Collections => "collections",
+            Self::KnotExtensions => "knot_extensions",
         }
     }
 
@@ -147,11 +149,16 @@ impl KnownModule {
             "sys" => Some(Self::Sys),
             "abc" => Some(Self::Abc),
             "collections" => Some(Self::Collections),
+            "knot_extensions" => Some(Self::KnotExtensions),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
 
     pub const fn is_typing(self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, Self::Typing)
     }
+
+    pub const fn is_knot_extensions(self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, Self::KnotExtensions)
+    }
 }