Combine the revealed types of multiple iteration steps in a more robust manner.

mypy/checker.py

@@ -643,8 +643,8 @@ def accept_loop(
 
             for error_info in watcher.yield_error_infos():
                 self.msg.fail(*error_info[:2], code=error_info[2])
-            for note_info in watcher.yield_note_infos(self.options):
-                self.note(*note_info)
+            for note_info, context in watcher.yield_note_infos():
+                self.msg.reveal_type(note_info, context)
 
             # If exit_condition is set, assume it must be False on exit from the loop:
             if exit_condition:
@@ -3037,7 +3037,7 @@ def is_noop_for_reachability(self, s: Statement) -> bool:
             if isinstance(s.expr, EllipsisExpr):
                 return True
             elif isinstance(s.expr, CallExpr):
-                with self.expr_checker.msg.filter_errors():
+                with self.expr_checker.msg.filter_errors(filter_revealed_type=True):
                     typ = get_proper_type(
                         self.expr_checker.accept(
                             s.expr, allow_none_return=True, always_allow_any=True
@@ -4987,8 +4987,8 @@ def visit_try_stmt(self, s: TryStmt) -> None:
 
             for error_info in watcher.yield_error_infos():
                 self.msg.fail(*error_info[:2], code=error_info[2])
-            for note_info in watcher.yield_note_infos(self.options):
-                self.msg.note(*note_info)
+            for note_info, context in watcher.yield_note_infos():
+                self.msg.reveal_type(note_info, context)
 
     def visit_try_without_finally(self, s: TryStmt, try_frame: bool) -> None:
         """Type check a try statement, ignoring the finally block.

mypy/errors.py

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 from mypy.nodes import Context
 from mypy.options import Options
 from mypy.scope import Scope
+from mypy.typeops import make_simplified_union
+from mypy.types import Type
 from mypy.util import DEFAULT_SOURCE_OFFSET, is_typeshed_file
 from mypy.version import __version__ as mypy_version
 
@@ -166,18 +168,24 @@ class ErrorWatcher:
     out by one of the ErrorWatcher instances.
     """
 
+    # public attribute for the special treatment of `reveal_type` by
+    # `MessageBuilder.reveal_type`:
+    filter_revealed_type: bool
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         errors: Errors,
         *,
         filter_errors: bool | Callable[[str, ErrorInfo], bool] = False,
         save_filtered_errors: bool = False,
         filter_deprecated: bool = False,
+        filter_revealed_type: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         self.errors = errors
         self._has_new_errors = False
         self._filter = filter_errors
         self._filter_deprecated = filter_deprecated
+        self.filter_revealed_type = filter_revealed_type
         self._filtered: list[ErrorInfo] | None = [] if save_filtered_errors else None
 
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
@@ -236,15 +244,15 @@ class IterationDependentErrors:
     # the error report occurs but really all unreachable lines.
     unreachable_lines: list[set[int]]
 
-    # One set of revealed types for each `reveal_type` statement.  Each created set can
-    # grow during the iteration.  Meaning of the tuple items: function_or_member, line,
-    # column, end_line, end_column:
-    revealed_types: dict[tuple[str | None, int, int, int, int], set[str]]
+    # One list of revealed types for each `reveal_type` statement.  Each created list
+    # can grow during the iteration.  Meaning of the tuple items: line, column,
+    # end_line, end_column:
+    revealed_types: dict[tuple[int, int, int | None, int | None], list[Type]]
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.uselessness_errors = []
         self.unreachable_lines = []
-        self.revealed_types = defaultdict(set)
+        self.revealed_types = defaultdict(list)
 
 
 class IterationErrorWatcher(ErrorWatcher):
@@ -287,15 +295,6 @@ def on_error(self, file: str, info: ErrorInfo) -> bool:
                 iter_errors.unreachable_lines[-1].update(range(info.line, info.end_line + 1))
             return True
 
-        if info.code == codes.MISC and info.message.startswith("Revealed type is "):
-            key = info.function_or_member, info.line, info.column, info.end_line, info.end_column
-            types = info.message.split('"')[1]
-            if types.startswith("Union["):
-                iter_errors.revealed_types[key].update(types[6:-1].split(", "))
-            else:
-                iter_errors.revealed_types[key].add(types)
-            return True
-
         return super().on_error(file, info)
 
     def yield_error_infos(self) -> Iterator[tuple[str, Context, ErrorCode]]:
@@ -318,21 +317,14 @@ def yield_error_infos(self) -> Iterator[tuple[str, Context, ErrorCode]]:
             context.end_column = error_info[5]
             yield error_info[1], context, error_info[0]
 
-    def yield_note_infos(self, options: Options) -> Iterator[tuple[str, Context]]:
+    def yield_note_infos(self) -> Iterator[tuple[Type, Context]]:
         """Yield all types revealed in at least one iteration step."""
 
         for note_info, types in self.iteration_dependent_errors.revealed_types.items():
-            sorted_ = sorted(types, key=lambda typ: typ.lower())
-            if len(types) == 1:
-                revealed = sorted_[0]
-            elif options.use_or_syntax():
-                revealed = " | ".join(sorted_)
-            else:
-                revealed = f"Union[{', '.join(sorted_)}]"
-            context = Context(line=note_info[1], column=note_info[2])
-            context.end_line = note_info[3]
-            context.end_column = note_info[4]
-            yield f'Revealed type is "{revealed}"', context
+            context = Context(line=note_info[0], column=note_info[1])
+            context.end_line = note_info[2]
+            context.end_column = note_info[3]
+            yield make_simplified_union(types), context
 
 
 class Errors:
@@ -596,18 +588,20 @@ def _add_error_info(self, file: str, info: ErrorInfo) -> None:
         if info.code in (IMPORT, IMPORT_UNTYPED, IMPORT_NOT_FOUND):
             self.seen_import_error = True
 
+    @property
+    def watchers(self) -> Iterator[ErrorWatcher]:
+        """Yield the `ErrorWatcher` stack from top to bottom."""
+        i = len(self._watchers)
+        while i > 0:
+            i -= 1
+            yield self._watchers[i]
+
     def _filter_error(self, file: str, info: ErrorInfo) -> bool:
         """
         process ErrorWatcher stack from top to bottom,
         stopping early if error needs to be filtered out
         """
-        i = len(self._watchers)
-        while i > 0:
-            i -= 1
-            w = self._watchers[i]
-            if w.on_error(file, info):
-                return True
-        return False
+        return any(w.on_error(file, info) for w in self.watchers)
 
     def add_error_info(self, info: ErrorInfo) -> None:
         file, lines = info.origin

mypy/messages.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from mypy import errorcodes as codes, message_registry
 from mypy.erasetype import erase_type
 from mypy.errorcodes import ErrorCode
-from mypy.errors import ErrorInfo, Errors, ErrorWatcher
+from mypy.errors import ErrorInfo, Errors, ErrorWatcher, IterationErrorWatcher
 from mypy.nodes import (
     ARG_NAMED,
     ARG_NAMED_OPT,
@@ -188,12 +188,14 @@ def filter_errors(
         filter_errors: bool | Callable[[str, ErrorInfo], bool] = True,
         save_filtered_errors: bool = False,
         filter_deprecated: bool = False,
+        filter_revealed_type: bool = False,
     ) -> ErrorWatcher:
         return ErrorWatcher(
             self.errors,
             filter_errors=filter_errors,
             save_filtered_errors=save_filtered_errors,
             filter_deprecated=filter_deprecated,
+            filter_revealed_type=filter_revealed_type,
         )
 
     def add_errors(self, errors: list[ErrorInfo]) -> None:
@@ -1738,6 +1740,24 @@ def invalid_signature_for_special_method(
         )
 
     def reveal_type(self, typ: Type, context: Context) -> None:
+
+        # Search for an error watcher that modifies the "normal" behaviour (we do not
+        # rely on the normal `ErrorWatcher` filtering approach because we might need to
+        # collect the original types for a later unionised response):
+        for watcher in self.errors.watchers:
+            # The `reveal_type` statement should be ignored:
+            if watcher.filter_revealed_type:
+                return
+            # The `reveal_type` statement might be visited iteratively due to being
+            # placed in a loop or so. Hence, we collect the respective types of
+            # individual iterations so that we can report them all in one step later:
+            if isinstance(watcher, IterationErrorWatcher):
+                watcher.iteration_dependent_errors.revealed_types[
+                    (context.line, context.column, context.end_line, context.end_column)
+                ].append(typ)
+                return
+
+        # Nothing special here; just create the note:
         visitor = TypeStrVisitor(options=self.options)
         self.note(f'Revealed type is "{typ.accept(visitor)}"', context)
 

test-data/unit/check-inference.test

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ for var2 in [g, h, i, j, k, l]:
     reveal_type(var2)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, builtins.str]"
 
 for var3 in [m, n, o, p, q, r]:
-    reveal_type(var3)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[Any, builtins.int]"
+    reveal_type(var3)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, Any]"
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=Type[Foo])
 
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ class X(TypedDict):
 
 x: X
 for a in ("hourly", "daily"):
-    reveal_type(a)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[Literal['daily']?, Literal['hourly']?]"
+    reveal_type(a)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[Literal['hourly']?, Literal['daily']?]"
     reveal_type(x[a])  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int"
     reveal_type(a.upper())  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.str"
     c = a

test-data/unit/check-narrowing.test

@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ def f() -> bool: ...
 
 y = None
 while f():
-    reveal_type(y)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, None]"
+    reveal_type(y)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[None, builtins.int]"
     y = 1
 reveal_type(y)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, None]"
 

test-data/unit/check-redefine2.test

@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ def f1() -> None:
 def f2() -> None:
     x = None
     while int():
-        reveal_type(x) # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.str, None]"
+        reveal_type(x) # N: Revealed type is "Union[None, builtins.str]"
         if int():
             x = ""
     reveal_type(x) # N: Revealed type is "Union[None, builtins.str]"
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ class X(TypedDict):
 
 x: X
 for a in ("hourly", "daily"):
-    reveal_type(a)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[Literal['daily']?, Literal['hourly']?]"
+    reveal_type(a)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[Literal['hourly']?, Literal['daily']?]"
     reveal_type(x[a])  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int"
     reveal_type(a.upper())  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.str"
     c = a

test-data/unit/check-typevar-tuple.test

@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ from typing_extensions import Unpack
 
 def pipeline(*xs: Unpack[Tuple[int, Unpack[Tuple[float, ...]], bool]]) -> None:
     for x in xs:
-        reveal_type(x)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.float, builtins.int]"
+        reveal_type(x)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, builtins.float]"
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
 
 [case testFixedUnpackItemInInstanceArguments]

test-data/unit/check-union-error-syntax.test

@@ -62,17 +62,18 @@ x = 3 # E: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "Literal[3]", v
 try:
     x = 1
     x = ""
+    x = {1: ""}
 finally:
-    reveal_type(x)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, builtins.str]"
+    reveal_type(x)  # N: Revealed type is "Union[builtins.int, builtins.str, builtins.dict[builtins.int, builtins.str]]"
 [builtins fixtures/isinstancelist.pyi]
 
 [case testOrSyntaxRecombined]
 # flags: --python-version 3.10 --no-force-union-syntax --allow-redefinition-new --local-partial-types
 # The following revealed type is recombined because the finally body is visited twice.
-# ToDo: Improve this recombination logic, especially (but not only) for the "or syntax".
 try:
     x = 1
     x = ""
+    x = {1: ""}
 finally:
-    reveal_type(x)  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int | builtins.str | builtins.str"
+    reveal_type(x)  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int | builtins.str | builtins.dict[builtins.int, builtins.str]"
 [builtins fixtures/isinstancelist.pyi]