Fix tuple subclass preservation in type bases by moreal · Pull Request #8420 · RustPython/RustPython

moreal · 2026-07-30T22:36:51Z

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type.__bases__ always synthesized a fresh plain tuple from an internal Vec<PyTypeRef>, so a tuple subclass passed as a base class lost its identity (CPython gh-132176). test_tuple_subclass_as_bases no longer needs @unittest.expectedFailure.

PyType.bases is now a typed PyTuple<PyTypeRef> instead of a Vec, so __bases__ returns the stored tuple object directly — preserving a tuple subclass passed via bases=.
This required tuple to exist as a real type before any other type (including type/object) is constructed, so bootstrap (init_type_hierarchy) now builds tuple and the canonical empty tuple alongside type/object.
The old partially_init! macro bootstrap is replaced with explicit, Miri-safe helpers (init_ref_count, initial_ref, clone_raw_ref, init_inner).

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Bug Fixes
- Improved runtime handling of class inheritance, method resolution, and type hierarchies.
- Added validation to ensure type bases are valid classes.
- Improved tuple and type initialization during startup.
- Strengthened support for built-in types, including tuples and weak references.
- Improved cleanup and cycle handling for type hierarchies.
- Enhanced consistency when accessing or assigning a type’s base classes.

coderabbitai · 2026-07-30T22:36:59Z

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The change stores PyType.bases as a typed Python tuple. It adds typed tuple construction and updates type validation, traversal, MRO handling, and bootstrap initialization. TypeZoo and Context now share the bootstrapped tuple type and empty tuple.

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Typed tuple bases and bootstrap hierarchy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Typed tuple base representation `crates/vm/src/builtins/tuple.rs`, `crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs`	Typed tuple references and constructors support storing Python tuples as `PyType` bases.
Type base operations `crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs`	Type construction, traversal, mutation, MRO handling, slot finalization, and validation now use typed tuple bases.
Core hierarchy bootstrap `crates/vm/src/object/core.rs`, `crates/vm/src/object/ext.rs`	Bootstrap code initializes the core types and tuples with explicit atomic references and hierarchy links.
Type zoo integration `crates/vm/src/types/zoo.rs`, `crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs`	`TypeZoo` and `Context` use the shared bootstrapped tuple type and empty tuple.

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The PR preserves tuple subclasses in type bases and changes core type startup ordering. The behavior change is bounded, but an interruption during startup could leave core types partially published without a demonstrated recovery path; the change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ContextInit
  participant TypeZooInit
  participant InitTypeHierarchy
  participant PyTuple
  participant PyType
  ContextInit->>TypeZooInit: initialize TypeZoo and empty_tuple
  TypeZooInit->>InitTypeHierarchy: request BootstrapTypeHierarchy
  InitTypeHierarchy->>PyTuple: create typed base tuples
  InitTypeHierarchy->>PyType: initialize core type links and MROs
  InitTypeHierarchy-->>TypeZooInit: return hierarchy and empty_tuple
  TypeZooInit-->>ContextInit: return TypeZoo and empty_tuple

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github-actions · 2026-07-30T22:37:45Z

📦 Library Dependencies

The following Lib/ modules were modified. Here are their dependencies:

[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_class.py (TODO: 13)
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_genericclass.py
[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_subclassinit.py

dependencies:

dependent tests: (no tests depend on class)

[ ] lib: cpython/Lib/concurrent
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures (TODO: 4)
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_interpreters
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test__interpreters.py
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test__interpchannels.py
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_crossinterp.py

dependencies:

concurrent (native: _crossinterp, _interpqueues, _interpreters, _queues, concurrent.futures, concurrent.futures._base, interpreter, itertools, multiprocessing.connection, multiprocessing.queues, multiprocessing.synchronize, process, sys, thread, time)
- logging (native: atexit, collections.abc, email.message, email.utils, errno, http.client, logging.handlers, multiprocessing.queues, select, sys, time, urllib.parse, win32evtlog, win32evtlogutil)
- multiprocessing (native: _multiprocessing, _posixshmem, _posixsubprocess, _winapi, array, atexit, collections.abc, connection, context, dummy, errno, forkserver, heap, itertools, managers, mmap, msvcrt, multiprocessing.connection, pool, popen_fork, popen_forkserver, popen_spawn_posix, popen_spawn_win32, queues, resource_sharer, resource_tracker, sharedctypes, spawn, synchronize, sys, time, util, xmlrpc.client)
- pickle (native: _pickle, itertools, sys)
- collections, functools, os, queue, threading, traceback, types, weakref

dependent tests: (17 tests)

concurrent: test_asyncio test_compileall test_concurrent_futures test_context test_genericalias test_inspect test_struct test_sys test_threading test_types test_wmi
- asyncio: test_asyncio test_external_inspection test_logging test_os test_pdb test_unittest

[x] lib: cpython/Lib/types.py
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_types.py (TODO: 3)

dependencies:

types

dependent tests: (57 tests)

types: test_annotationlib test_ast test_asyncgen test_asyncio test_builtin test_call test_code test_collections test_compile test_compiler_assemble test_coroutines test_descr test_dis test_doctest test_dtrace test_dynamicclassattribute test_email test_enum test_exception_group test_fstring test_funcattrs test_generators test_genericalias test_global test_hmac test_importlib test_inspect test_listcomps test_marshal test_monitoring test_opcache test_optimizer test_os test_pdb test_positional_only_arg test_pprint test_pyclbr test_pydoc test_raise test_rlcompleter test_string test_subclassinit test_subprocess test_tempfile test_threading test_trace test_traceback test_type_aliases test_type_annotations test_type_params test_types test_typing test_unittest test_userdict test_xml_etree test_xml_etree_c test_xxlimited

[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py (TODO: 14)

dependencies:

dependent tests: (no tests depend on cmd_line_script)

[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_descr.py (TODO: 31)
[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_descrtut.py (TODO: 3)

dependencies:

dependent tests: (no tests depend on descr)

[ ] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_import (TODO: 3)

dependencies:

dependent tests: (no tests depend on import)

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moreal · 2026-08-28T13:09:06Z

@youknowone Could you review this pull request?

Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol

Store validated base classes in the original typed tuple, while retaining a bootstrap vector only until a Python tuple can be materialized. Assisted-by: gpt-5.6-sol Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol

Initialize tuple and the canonical empty tuple alongside type and object so every type stores an actual typed bases tuple from construction. Remove the bootstrap bases representation and keep raw initialization Miri-safe. Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol

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crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs (1)
690-691: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Delegate new_static_getset to new_getset.

new_getset and new_static_getset now have identical bodies. Only the class lifetime bound differs, and &'static Py<PyType> coerces to &Py<PyType>.
♻️ Proposed deduplication
     pub fn new_static_getset<G, S, T, U>(
         &self,
         name: &str,
         class: &'static Py<PyType>,
         g: G,
         s: S,
     ) -> PyRef<PyGetSet>
     where
         G: IntoPyGetterFunc<T>,
         S: IntoPySetterFunc<U>,
     {
-        let getset = PyGetSet::new(name, class).with_get(g).with_set(s);
-        PyRef::new_ref(getset, self.types.getset_type.to_owned(), None)
+        self.new_getset(name, class, g, s)
     }
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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs` around lines 690 - 691, Update new_static_getset
to delegate to new_getset instead of duplicating the PyGetSet construction and
PyRef creation; pass its static class reference through the existing new_getset
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- Around line 690-691: Update new_static_getset to delegate to new_getset
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youknowone · 2026-08-30T13:52:15Z

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-pub(crate) fn init_type_hierarchy() -> (PyTypeRef, PyTypeRef, PyTypeRef) {
-    use crate::{builtins::object, class::PyClassImpl};
+pub(crate) struct BootstrapTypeHierarchy {


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* Fix tuple subclass preservation in type bases Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol * Refine type bases representation Store validated base classes in the original typed tuple, while retaining a bootstrap vector only until a Python tuple can be materialized. Assisted-by: gpt-5.6-sol Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol * Bootstrap tuple type with type hierarchy Initialize tuple and the canonical empty tuple alongside type and object so every type stores an actual typed bases tuple from construction. Remove the bootstrap bases representation and keep raw initialization Miri-safe. Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol

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moreal force-pushed the fix/fail-types-tuple-subclass-as-bases branch 2 times, most recently from ff3c599 to fd9cf58 Compare August 23, 2026 12:15

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moreal requested a review from youknowone August 24, 2026 04:53

moreal added 3 commits August 30, 2026 14:04

Fix tuple subclass preservation in type bases

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Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol

Refine type bases representation

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Store validated base classes in the original typed tuple, while retaining a bootstrap vector only until a Python tuple can be materialized. Assisted-by: gpt-5.6-sol Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol

moreal force-pushed the fix/fail-types-tuple-subclass-as-bases branch from fd9cf58 to 3134662 Compare August 30, 2026 05:09

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