typing.Sequence[Manager])
def test_covariance_mapping(self):
- # Ditto for Mapping (a generic class with two parameters).
+ # Ditto for Mapping (covariant in the value, invariant in the key).
assert issubclass(typing.Mapping[Employee, Manager],
typing.Mapping[Employee, Employee])
- assert issubclass(typing.Mapping[Manager, Employee],
- typing.Mapping[Employee, Employee])
+ assert not issubclass(typing.Mapping[Manager, Employee],
+ typing.Mapping[Employee, Employee])
assert not issubclass(typing.Mapping[Employee, Manager],
typing.Mapping[Manager, Manager])
assert not issubclass(typing.Mapping[Manager, Employee],
VT = TypeVar('VT') # Value type.
T_co = TypeVar('T_co', covariant=True) # Any type covariant containers.
V_co = TypeVar('V_co', covariant=True) # Any type covariant containers.
-KT_co = TypeVar('KT_co', covariant=True) # Key type covariant containers.
VT_co = TypeVar('VT_co', covariant=True) # Value type covariant containers.
T_contra = TypeVar('T_contra', contravariant=True) # Ditto contravariant.
pass
-class Mapping(Sized, Iterable[KT_co], Container[KT_co], Generic[KT_co, VT_co],
+# NOTE: Only the value type is covariant.
+class Mapping(Sized, Iterable[KT], Container[KT], Generic[KT, VT_co],
extra=collections_abc.Mapping):
pass
pass
-class KeysView(MappingView[KT_co], AbstractSet[KT_co],
+class KeysView(MappingView[KT], AbstractSet[KT],
extra=collections_abc.KeysView):
pass
-# TODO: Enable Set[Tuple[KT_co, VT_co]] instead of Generic[KT_co, VT_co].
-class ItemsView(MappingView, Generic[KT_co, VT_co],
+# TODO: Enable Set[Tuple[KT, VT_co]] instead of Generic[KT, VT_co].
+class ItemsView(MappingView, Generic[KT, VT_co],
extra=collections_abc.ItemsView):
pass