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Can't use Callable[..., T] | Callable[..., Awaitable[T]] as a function argument

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I was trying to define a callable that can be async or not and use a TypeVar as the return type, but it seem to be broken, here's the full example:

from typing import Union, Awaitable, Callable, TypeVar, Any

T = TypeVar("T")

_RESOLVER_TYPE = Union[
    Callable[..., T],
    Callable[..., Awaitable[T]],
]

def x() -> int:
    return 1
    
async def a_x() -> int:
    return 1
    
    
def field_ok(
    resolver: _RESOLVER_TYPE,
) -> Any:
    ...
    
def field_broken(
    resolver: _RESOLVER_TYPE[T],
) -> Any:
    ...
    
field_ok(x)
field_ok(a_x)

field_broken(x)
field_broken(a_x)

if I don't pass T it seem to work, no sure what is wrong, the error is:

main.py:31: error: Argument 1 to "field_broken" has 
    incompatible type "Callable[[], Coroutine[Any, Any, int]]"; 
    expected "Union[Callable[..., <nothing>], Callable[..., Awaitable[<nothing>]]]"  [arg-type]

Here's the playground url: https://mypy-play.net/?mypy=latest&python=3.11&gist=6d8ed4a4e55e0d6b2712eff23cd3e3b0

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Reproduce the example from main.py using the linked mypy playground, comparing field_ok and field_broken with both synchronous and asynchronous callables. Trace how the parameterized Union of Callable and Awaitable is interpreted, and consider the issue resolved when the example no longer reports the incompatible-type error for either call.

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tooling
Issue type
Bug
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