Fix PEP 585 type aliases in stubs (#11918)

hauntsaninja · JukkaL · commit 221a7f34cbfd · 2022-01-06T09:44:39.000Z
Fixes #11859 Co-authored-by: hauntsaninja <>
diff --git a/mypy/semanal.py b/mypy/semanal.py
@@ -4089,6 +4089,7 @@ def analyze_type_application(self, expr: IndexExpr) -> None:
                 name = target.type.fullname
                 if (alias.no_args and  # this avoids bogus errors for already reported aliases
                         name in get_nongen_builtins(self.options.python_version) and
+                        not self.is_stub_file and
                         not alias.normalized):
                     self.fail(no_subscript_builtin_alias(name, propose_alt=False), expr)
         # ...or directly.
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-generic-alias.test b/test-data/unit/check-generic-alias.test
@@ -285,3 +285,14 @@ class C(list[int]):
     pass
 d: type[str]
 [builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
+
+
+[case testTypeAliasWithBuiltinListAliasInStub]
+# flags: --python-version 3.6
+import m
+reveal_type(m.a()[0])  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int*"
+
+[file m.pyi]
+List = list
+a = List[int]
+[builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
