[ty] Generalize union-type subtyping fast path (#22495)

crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/generics/pep695/functions.md

@@ -907,6 +907,23 @@ def _(x: list[str]):
     reveal_type(accepts_callable(GenericClass)(x, x))
 ```
 
+### `Callable`s that return union types
+
+```py
+from typing import Callable
+
+class Box[T]:
+    def get(self) -> T:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+def my_iter[T](f: Callable[[], T | None]) -> Box[T]:
+    return Box()
+
+def get_int() -> int | None: ...
+
+reveal_type(my_iter(get_int))  # revealed: Box[int]
+```
+
 ### Don't include identical lower/upper bounds in type mapping multiple times
 
 This is was a performance regression reported in

crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types.rs

@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
     ///
     /// This method may have false negatives, but it should not have false positives. It should be
     /// a cheap shallow check, not an exhaustive recursive check.
-    fn subtyping_is_always_reflexive(self) -> bool {
+    const fn subtyping_is_always_reflexive(self) -> bool {
         match self {
             Type::Never
             | Type::FunctionLiteral(..)
@@ -1861,6 +1861,9 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
             | Type::AlwaysFalsy
             | Type::AlwaysTruthy
             | Type::PropertyInstance(_)
+            // `T` is always a subtype of itself,
+            // and `T` is always a subtype of `T | None`
+            | Type::TypeVar(_)
             // might inherit `Any`, but subtyping is still reflexive
             | Type::ClassLiteral(_)
              => true,
@@ -1872,7 +1875,6 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
             | Type::Union(_)
             | Type::Intersection(_)
             | Type::Callable(_)
-            | Type::TypeVar(_)
             | Type::BoundSuper(_)
             | Type::TypeIs(_)
             | Type::TypeGuard(_)

crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/relation.rs

@@ -195,6 +195,17 @@ impl TypeRelation<'_> {
     pub(crate) const fn is_subtyping(self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, TypeRelation::Subtyping)
     }
+
+    pub(crate) const fn can_safely_assume_reflexivity(self, ty: Type) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            TypeRelation::Assignability
+            | TypeRelation::ConstraintSetAssignability
+            | TypeRelation::Redundancy => true,
+            TypeRelation::Subtyping | TypeRelation::SubtypingAssuming(_) => {
+                ty.subtyping_is_always_reflexive()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[salsa::tracked]
@@ -329,7 +340,7 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
         //
         // Note that we could do a full equivalence check here, but that would be both expensive
         // and unnecessary. This early return is only an optimisation.
-        if (!relation.is_subtyping() || self.subtyping_is_always_reflexive()) && self == target {
+        if relation.can_safely_assume_reflexivity(self) && self == target {
             return ConstraintSet::from(true);
         }
 
@@ -460,46 +471,43 @@ impl<'db> Type<'db> {
                 },
             }),
 
-            // In general, a TypeVar `T` is not a subtype of a type `S` unless one of the two conditions is satisfied:
+            // In general, a TypeVar `T` is not redundant with a type `S` unless one of the two conditions is satisfied:
             // 1. `T` is a bound TypeVar and `T`'s upper bound is a subtype of `S`.
             //    TypeVars without an explicit upper bound are treated as having an implicit upper bound of `object`.
             // 2. `T` is a constrained TypeVar and all of `T`'s constraints are subtypes of `S`.
             //
             // However, there is one exception to this general rule: for any given typevar `T`,
             // `T` will always be a subtype of any union containing `T`.
-            (Type::TypeVar(bound_typevar), Type::Union(union))
-                if !bound_typevar.is_inferable(db, inferable)
+            (_, Type::Union(union))
+                if relation.can_safely_assume_reflexivity(self)
                     && union.elements(db).contains(&self) =>
             {
                 ConstraintSet::from(true)
             }
 
             // A similar rule applies in reverse to intersection types.
-            (Type::Intersection(intersection), Type::TypeVar(bound_typevar))
-                if !bound_typevar.is_inferable(db, inferable)
+            (Type::Intersection(intersection), _)
+                if relation.can_safely_assume_reflexivity(target)
                     && intersection.positive(db).contains(&target) =>
             {
                 ConstraintSet::from(true)
             }
-            (Type::Intersection(intersection), Type::TypeVar(bound_typevar))
-                if !bound_typevar.is_inferable(db, inferable)
+            (Type::Intersection(intersection), _)
+                if relation.is_assignability()
+                    && intersection.positive(db).iter().any(Type::is_dynamic) =>
+            {
+                // If the intersection contains `Any`/`Unknown`/`@Todo`, it is assignable to any type.
+                // `Any` could materialize to `Never`, `Never & T & ~S` simplifies to `Never` for any
+                // `T` and any `S`, and `Never` is a subtype of all types.
+                ConstraintSet::from(true)
+            }
+            (Type::Intersection(intersection), _)
+                if relation.can_safely_assume_reflexivity(target)
                     && intersection.negative(db).contains(&target) =>
             {
                 ConstraintSet::from(false)
             }
 
-            // Two identical typevars must always solve to the same type, so they are always
-            // subtypes of each other and assignable to each other.
-            //
-            // Note that this is not handled by the early return at the beginning of this method,
-            // since subtyping between a TypeVar and an arbitrary other type cannot be guaranteed to be reflexive.
-            (Type::TypeVar(lhs_bound_typevar), Type::TypeVar(rhs_bound_typevar))
-                if !lhs_bound_typevar.is_inferable(db, inferable)
-                    && lhs_bound_typevar.is_same_typevar_as(db, rhs_bound_typevar) =>
-            {
-                ConstraintSet::from(true)
-            }
-
             // `type[T]` is a subtype of the class object `A` if every instance of `T` is a subtype of an instance
             // of `A`, and vice versa.
             (Type::SubclassOf(subclass_of), _)