Avoid reporting unary/binary op type errors for ambiguous inference (#…

…2468) (#2471)

ChangeLog

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ What's New in astroid 3.2.4?
 ============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+* Avoid reporting unary/binary op type errors when inference is ambiguous.
+
+  Closes #2467
+
 
 
 What's New in astroid 3.2.3?

astroid/nodes/node_classes.py

@@ -1381,24 +1381,26 @@ def postinit(self, target: Name | Attribute | Subscript, value: NodeNG) -> None:
     See astroid/protocols.py for actual implementation.
     """
 
-    def type_errors(self, context: InferenceContext | None = None):
+    def type_errors(
+        self, context: InferenceContext | None = None
+    ) -> list[util.BadBinaryOperationMessage]:
         """Get a list of type errors which can occur during inference.
 
         Each TypeError is represented by a :class:`BadBinaryOperationMessage` ,
         which holds the original exception.
 
-        :returns: The list of possible type errors.
-        :rtype: list(BadBinaryOperationMessage)
+        If any inferred result is uninferable, an empty list is returned.
         """
+        bad = []
         try:
-            results = self._infer_augassign(context=context)
-            return [
-                result
-                for result in results
-                if isinstance(result, util.BadBinaryOperationMessage)
-            ]
+            for result in self._infer_augassign(context=context):
+                if result is util.Uninferable:
+                    raise InferenceError
+                if isinstance(result, util.BadBinaryOperationMessage):
+                    bad.append(result)
         except InferenceError:
             return []
+        return bad
 
     def get_children(self):
         yield self.target
@@ -1497,24 +1499,26 @@ def postinit(self, left: NodeNG, right: NodeNG) -> None:
         self.left = left
         self.right = right
 
-    def type_errors(self, context: InferenceContext | None = None):
+    def type_errors(
+        self, context: InferenceContext | None = None
+    ) -> list[util.BadBinaryOperationMessage]:
         """Get a list of type errors which can occur during inference.
 
         Each TypeError is represented by a :class:`BadBinaryOperationMessage`,
         which holds the original exception.
 
-        :returns: The list of possible type errors.
-        :rtype: list(BadBinaryOperationMessage)
+        If any inferred result is uninferable, an empty list is returned.
         """
+        bad = []
         try:
-            results = self._infer_binop(context=context)
-            return [
-                result
-                for result in results
-                if isinstance(result, util.BadBinaryOperationMessage)
-            ]
+            for result in self._infer_binop(context=context):
+                if result is util.Uninferable:
+                    raise InferenceError
+                if isinstance(result, util.BadBinaryOperationMessage):
+                    bad.append(result)
         except InferenceError:
             return []
+        return bad
 
     def get_children(self):
         yield self.left
@@ -4262,24 +4266,26 @@ def __init__(
     def postinit(self, operand: NodeNG) -> None:
         self.operand = operand
 
-    def type_errors(self, context: InferenceContext | None = None):
+    def type_errors(
+        self, context: InferenceContext | None = None
+    ) -> list[util.BadUnaryOperationMessage]:
         """Get a list of type errors which can occur during inference.
 
         Each TypeError is represented by a :class:`BadUnaryOperationMessage`,
         which holds the original exception.
 
-        :returns: The list of possible type errors.
-        :rtype: list(BadUnaryOperationMessage)
+        If any inferred result is uninferable, an empty list is returned.
         """
+        bad = []
         try:
-            results = self._infer_unaryop(context=context)
-            return [
-                result
-                for result in results
-                if isinstance(result, util.BadUnaryOperationMessage)
-            ]
+            for result in self._infer_unaryop(context=context):
+                if result is util.Uninferable:
+                    raise InferenceError
+                if isinstance(result, util.BadUnaryOperationMessage):
+                    bad.append(result)
         except InferenceError:
             return []
+        return bad
 
     def get_children(self):
         yield self.operand

tests/test_inference.py

@@ -2743,6 +2743,15 @@ def __radd__(self, other):
             error = errors[0]
             self.assertEqual(str(error), expected_value)
 
+    def test_binary_type_errors_partially_uninferable(self) -> None:
+        def patched_infer_binop(context):
+            return iter([util.BadBinaryOperationMessage(None, None, None), Uninferable])
+
+        binary_op_node = extract_node("0 + 0")
+        binary_op_node._infer_binop = patched_infer_binop
+        errors = binary_op_node.type_errors()
+        self.assertEqual(errors, [])
+
     def test_unary_type_errors(self) -> None:
         ast_nodes = extract_node(
             """
@@ -2810,6 +2819,15 @@ def test_unary_type_errors_for_non_instance_objects(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
         self.assertEqual(str(errors[0]), "bad operand type for unary ~: slice")
 
+    def test_unary_type_errors_partially_uninferable(self) -> None:
+        def patched_infer_unary_op(context):
+            return iter([util.BadUnaryOperationMessage(None, None, "msg"), Uninferable])
+
+        unary_op_node = extract_node("~0")
+        unary_op_node._infer_unaryop = patched_infer_unary_op
+        errors = unary_op_node.type_errors()
+        self.assertEqual(errors, [])
+
     def test_bool_value_recursive(self) -> None:
         pairs = [
             ("{}", False),
@@ -3528,6 +3546,15 @@ def __radd__(self, other): return NotImplemented
         self.assertIsInstance(inferred, Instance)
         self.assertEqual(inferred.name, "B")
 
+    def test_augop_type_errors_partially_uninferable(self) -> None:
+        def patched_infer_augassign(context) -> None:
+            return iter([util.BadBinaryOperationMessage(None, None, None), Uninferable])
+
+        aug_op_node = extract_node("__name__ += 'test'")
+        aug_op_node._infer_augassign = patched_infer_augassign
+        errors = aug_op_node.type_errors()
+        self.assertEqual(errors, [])
+
     def test_string_interpolation(self):
         ast_nodes = extract_node(
             """