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Incomplete handling of PEP 585, difference between typing.Type[...] and builtins.type[...] #15296

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@erikkemperman

Bug Report

Incomplete implementation of PEP 585. There are cases where explicit annotations of the first argument of class methods (or __new__) are handled correctly for typing.Type[...] but not for builtins.type[...]

To Reproduce

import typing

class Spam:
    def __new__(cls: typing.Type[typing.Self]) -> typing.Self:
        return super().__new__(cls)


class Eggs:
    def __new__(cls: type[typing.Self]) -> typing.Self:
        return super().__new__(cls)

Expected Behavior

I expected both Spam and Eggs classes to pass

Actual Behavior

Spam passes, Eggs fails:
error: Method cannot have explicit self annotation and Self type [misc]

Your Environment

  • Mypy version used:
    mypy 1.4.0+dev.1ee465c9bd06170ea1a82765ec744e64cbd2a4be (compiled: no)
  • Mypy command-line flags:
    (none)
  • Mypy configuration options from mypy.ini (and other config files):
    (none)
  • Python version used:
    3.11.3

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