feat: Add mechanism to check basic subclassing of generics

src/magicgui/_util.py

@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@
 import time
 from functools import wraps
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Iterable, overload
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Callable,
+    Iterable,
+    get_args,
+    get_origin,
+    overload,
+)
 
 from docstring_parser import DocstringParam, parse
 
@@ -145,10 +152,69 @@ def user_cache_dir(
     return path
 
 
+def _safe_isinstance_tuple(obj: object, superclass: object) -> bool:
+    """
+    Extracted from `safe_issubclass` to handle checking of generic tuple types.
+
+    It covers following cases:
+
+    1. obj is tuple with ellipsis and superclass is tuple with ellipsis
+    2. obj is tuple with ellipsis and superclass is Iterable with specific type
+    3. obj is tuple  with same type elements and superclass is tuple with ellipsis
+
+    for other cases it fallback to simple compare types
+    """
+    obj_args = get_args(obj)
+    superclass_args = get_args(superclass)
+    superclass_origin = get_origin(superclass)
+
+    if safe_issubclass(superclass_origin, tuple):
+        if len(superclass_args) == 2 and superclass_args[1] is Ellipsis:
+            if len(obj_args) == 2 and obj_args[1] is Ellipsis:
+                # case 3
+                return safe_issubclass(obj_args[0], superclass_args[0])
+            # case 2
+            return all(safe_issubclass(o, superclass_args[0]) for o in obj_args)
+        # fallback to simple compare
+        return (
+                len(obj_args) == len(superclass_args) and
+                all(safe_issubclass(o, s) for o, s in zip(obj_args, superclass_args))
+        )
+
+    if len(obj_args) == 2 and obj_args[1] is Ellipsis:
+        return safe_issubclass(obj_args[0], superclass_args[0])
+    return all(safe_issubclass(o, superclass_args[0]) for o in obj_args)
+
+
 def safe_issubclass(obj: object, superclass: object) -> bool:
     """Safely check if obj is a subclass of superclass."""
+    if isinstance(superclass, tuple):
+        return any(safe_issubclass(obj, s) for s in superclass)
+    obj_origin = get_origin(obj)
+    superclass_origin = get_origin(superclass)
+    superclass_args = get_args(superclass)
     try:
-        return issubclass(obj, superclass)  # type: ignore
+        if obj_origin is None:
+            if superclass_origin is None:
+                return issubclass(obj, superclass) # type: ignore
+            if not superclass_args:
+                return issubclass(obj, superclass_origin)  # type: ignore
+            # if obj is not generic type, but superclass is with
+            # we can't say anything about it
+            return False
+        if obj_origin is not None and superclass_origin is None:
+            return issubclass(obj_origin, superclass) # type: ignore
+        if not issubclass(obj_origin, superclass_origin):  # type: ignore
+            return False
+        obj_args = get_args(obj)
+        if obj_origin is tuple and obj_args:
+            return _safe_isinstance_tuple(obj, superclass)
+
+        return (
+                issubclass(obj_origin, superclass_origin) and  # type: ignore
+                (obj_args == superclass_args or not superclass_args)
+        )
+
     except Exception:
         return False
 

src/magicgui/type_map/_type_map.py

@@ -71,11 +71,15 @@ class MissingWidget(RuntimeError):
     datetime.datetime: widgets.DateTimeEdit,
     range: widgets.RangeEdit,
     slice: widgets.SliceEdit,
-    list: widgets.ListEdit,
+    Sequence[pathlib.Path]: widgets.FileEdit,
     tuple: widgets.TupleEdit,
+    Sequence: widgets.ListEdit,
     os.PathLike: widgets.FileEdit,
 }
 
+_ADDITIONAL_KWARGS: dict[type, dict[str, Any]] = {
+    Sequence[pathlib.Path]: {"mode": "rm"}
+}
 
 def match_type(type_: Any, default: Any | None = None) -> WidgetTuple | None:
     """Check simple type mappings."""
@@ -86,10 +90,10 @@ def match_type(type_: Any, default: Any | None = None) -> WidgetTuple | None:
         return widgets.ProgressBar, {"bind": lambda widget: widget, "visible": True}
 
     if type_ in _SIMPLE_TYPES:
-        return _SIMPLE_TYPES[type_], {}
+        return _SIMPLE_TYPES[type_], _ADDITIONAL_KWARGS.get(type_, {})
     for key in _SIMPLE_TYPES.keys():
         if safe_issubclass(type_, key):
-            return _SIMPLE_TYPES[key], {}
+            return _SIMPLE_TYPES[key], _ADDITIONAL_KWARGS.get(key, {})
 
     if type_ in (types.FunctionType,):
         return widgets.FunctionGui, {"function": default}
@@ -99,16 +103,6 @@ def match_type(type_: Any, default: Any | None = None) -> WidgetTuple | None:
     if choices is not None:  # it's a Literal type
         return widgets.ComboBox, {"choices": choices, "nullable": nullable}
 
-    # sequence of paths
-    if safe_issubclass(origin, Sequence):
-        args = get_args(type_)
-        if len(args) == 1 and safe_issubclass(args[0], pathlib.Path):
-            return widgets.FileEdit, {"mode": "rm"}
-        elif safe_issubclass(origin, list):
-            return widgets.ListEdit, {}
-        elif safe_issubclass(origin, tuple):
-            return widgets.TupleEdit, {}
-
     if safe_issubclass(origin, Set):
         for arg in get_args(type_):
             if get_origin(arg) is Literal:

tests/test_types.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Sequence, Union
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ def test_type_registered():
     with type_registered(Path, widget_type=widgets.LineEdit):
         assert isinstance(widgets.create_widget(annotation=Path), widgets.LineEdit)
     assert isinstance(widgets.create_widget(annotation=Path), widgets.FileEdit)
+    assert isinstance(widgets.create_widget(annotation=Sequence[Path]), widgets.FileEdit)
 
 
 def test_type_registered_callbacks():

tests/test_util.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import sys
+import typing
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+
+import pytest
+
+from magicgui._util import safe_issubclass
+
+
+class TestSafeIsSubclass:
+    def test_basic(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(int, int)
+        assert safe_issubclass(int, object)
+
+    def test_generic_base(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], list)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], typing.List)
+
+    def test_multiple_generic_base(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], (typing.List, typing.Dict))
+
+    def test_no_exception(self):
+        assert not safe_issubclass(int, 1)
+
+    def test_typing_inheritance(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List, list)
+        assert safe_issubclass(list, typing.List)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple, tuple)
+        assert safe_issubclass(tuple, typing.Tuple)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict, dict)
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict, typing.Dict)
+
+    def test_inheritance_generic_list(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(list, typing.Sequence)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List, typing.Sequence)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], typing.Sequence[int])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], typing.Sequence)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], Sequence)
+
+    def test_no_inheritance_generic_super(self):
+        assert not safe_issubclass(list, typing.List[int])
+
+    def test_inheritance_generic_mapping(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict, typing.Mapping)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict, typing.Mapping)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict[int, str], typing.Mapping[int, str])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict[int, str], typing.Mapping)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict[int, str], Mapping)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 9), reason="PEP-585 is supported in 3.9+")
+    def test_typing_builtins_list(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(list[int], list)
+        assert safe_issubclass(list[int], Sequence)
+        assert safe_issubclass(list[int], typing.Sequence)
+        assert safe_issubclass(list[int], typing.Sequence[int])
+        assert safe_issubclass(list[int], typing.List[int])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], list)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.List[int], list[int])
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 9), reason="PEP-585 is supported in 3.9+")
+    def test_typing_builtins_dict(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict[int, str], dict)
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict[int, str], Mapping)
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict[int, str], typing.Mapping)
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict[int, str], typing.Mapping[int, str])
+        assert safe_issubclass(dict[int, str], typing.Dict[int, str])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict[int, str], dict)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Dict[int, str], dict[int, str])
+
+    def test_tuple_check(self):
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, str], tuple)
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int], typing.Sequence[int])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, int], typing.Sequence[int])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, ...], typing.Sequence[int])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, ...], typing.Iterable[int])
+        assert not safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, ...], typing.Dict[int, typing.Any])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, ...], typing.Tuple[int, ...])
+        assert safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, int], typing.Tuple[int, ...])
+        assert not safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, int], typing.Tuple[int, str])
+        assert not safe_issubclass(typing.Tuple[int, int], typing.Tuple[int, int, int])

tests/test_widgets.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import inspect
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -847,8 +847,6 @@ def test_pushbutton_icon(backend: str):
 
 def test_list_edit():
     """Test ListEdit."""
-    from typing import List
-
     mock = MagicMock()
 
     list_edit = widgets.ListEdit(value=[1, 2, 3])
@@ -900,6 +898,8 @@ def test_list_edit():
     assert mock.call_count == 7
     mock.assert_called_with([2, 1])
 
+
+def test_list_edit_only_values():
     @magicgui
     def f1(x=[2, 4, 6]):  # noqa: B006
         pass
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ def f1(x=[2, 4, 6]):  # noqa: B006
     assert f1.x._args_type is int
     assert f1.x.value == [2, 4, 6]
 
+def test_list_edit_annotations():
     @magicgui
     def f2(x: List[int]):
         pass