Accessing null key in TypedDict cause an internal error

[xiaxinmeng]

The last line of the following code, d[''], attempts to access an empty key. However, since the key is empty (''), it should raise a KeyError with Python because empty keys are not defined in the A class. Mypy reports an internal error.

mypy_example.py

from typing_extensions import TypedDict

class A(TypedDict):
    my_attr_1: str
    my_attr_2: int

d: A

d[''] 

The expected behavior

No internal errors reported

The actual output:

>> mypy --show-traceback 'mypy_example.py'
mypy_example.py:12: error: TypedDict "A" has no key ""  [typeddict-item]
/home/xxm/Desktop/mypy_example.py:12: error: INTERNAL ERROR -- Please try using mypy master on GitHub:
https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/common_issues.html#using-a-development-mypy-build
Please report a bug at https://github.com/python/mypy/issues
version: 1.4.0+dev
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xxm/.local/bin/mypy", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(console_entry())
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/__main__.py", line 15, in console_entry
    main()
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/main.py", line 95, in main
    res, messages, blockers = run_build(sources, options, fscache, t0, stdout, stderr)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/main.py", line 174, in run_build
    res = build.build(sources, options, None, flush_errors, fscache, stdout, stderr)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 194, in build
    result = _build(
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 267, in _build
    graph = dispatch(sources, manager, stdout)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 2926, in dispatch
    process_graph(graph, manager)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 3324, in process_graph
    process_stale_scc(graph, scc, manager)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 3425, in process_stale_scc
    graph[id].type_check_first_pass()
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 2311, in type_check_first_pass
    self.type_checker().check_first_pass()
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checker.py", line 472, in check_first_pass
    self.accept(d)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checker.py", line 582, in accept
    stmt.accept(self)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/nodes.py", line 1240, in accept
    return visitor.visit_expression_stmt(self)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checker.py", line 4202, in visit_expression_stmt
    expr_type = self.expr_checker.accept(s.expr, allow_none_return=True, always_allow_any=True)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checkexpr.py", line 4961, in accept
    typ = node.accept(self)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/nodes.py", line 1960, in accept
    return visitor.visit_index_expr(self)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checkexpr.py", line 3687, in visit_index_expr
    result = self.visit_index_expr_helper(e)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checkexpr.py", line 3703, in visit_index_expr_helper
    return self.visit_index_with_type(left_type, e)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checkexpr.py", line 3749, in visit_index_with_type
    return self.visit_typeddict_index_expr(left_type, e.index)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/checkexpr.py", line 3868, in visit_typeddict_index_expr
    self.msg.typeddict_key_not_found(td_type, key_name, index, setitem)
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/messages.py", line 1832, in typeddict_key_not_found
    matches = best_matches(item_name, typ.items.keys(), n=3)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/xxm/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mypy/messages.py", line 2993, in best_matches
    assert current
AssertionError: 
/home/xxm/Desktop/mypy_example.py:12: : note: use --pdb to drop into pdb

Test environment:
mypy 1.4.0+dev
Python 3.11.3
Ubuntu 18.04

[hauntsaninja]

Thanks for the report, #15392 will fix