From 093d9b28212d949e570a73cafbc96b93b4f7f1d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: orklah <ronan_morin@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:44:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow use of an empty reconciliation if the type is from
 docblock

---
 src/Psalm/Internal/Type/NegatedAssertionReconciler.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/NegatedAssertionReconciler.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/NegatedAssertionReconciler.php
index 74f4d1cf782..efdf02d80c6 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/NegatedAssertionReconciler.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/NegatedAssertionReconciler.php
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ public static function reconcile(
 
             $failed_reconciliation = Reconciler::RECONCILIATION_EMPTY;
 
-            return Type::getNever();
+            return $existing_var_type->from_docblock
+                ? Type::getMixed()
+                : Type::getNever();
         }
 
         return $existing_var_type;