Handle a case of empty list where we need to type of ann_assign in make_call_helper

Author: Smit-create

src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp

@@ -823,6 +823,19 @@ class CommonVisitor : public AST::BaseVisitor<Derived> {
             return intrinsic_node_handler.get_intrinsic_node(call_name, al, loc,
                     args);
         }
+
+        if (call_name == "list" && (args.size() == 0 ||  args[0].m_value == nullptr)) {
+            if (ann_assign_target_type) {
+                ASR::ttype_t *type = ASRUtils::get_contained_type(ann_assign_target_type);
+                ASR::ttype_t* list_type = ASRUtils::TYPE(ASR::make_List_t(al, loc, type));
+                Vec<ASR::expr_t*> list;
+                list.reserve(al, 1);
+                return ASR::make_ListConstant_t(al, loc, list.p,
+                    list.size(), list_type);
+            }
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
         ASR::symbol_t *s_generic = nullptr, *stemp = s;
         // handling ExternalSymbol
         s = ASRUtils::symbol_get_past_external(s);