Bug description

The following code results in a false positive. (The type hints may be removed; however, the cast and dummy assignment may not).

"""Docstring.""" from typing import TypeVar from typing import cast T = TypeVar('T') def ident(thing: T) -> T: """Return thing.""" return cast(T, thing) _ = ident([]) dict(**ident({}))

Configuration

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Command used

pylint bug.py

Pylint output

************* Module bug bug.py:15:7: E1134: Non-mapping value ident({}) is used in a mapping context (not-a-mapping)

Expected behavior

No error should be produced.

Pylint version

pylint 2.15.10 astroid 2.13.2 Python 3.10.9 (main, Dec 15 2022, 18:25:35) [Clang 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)]

OS / Environment

macOS 13

Additional dependencies

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