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(🐞) `type`s/`Instance`s don't join properly with `Callable`s

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Description

from typing import Callable

c: Callable[[], object]

t: type[object]
reveal_type(c if bool() else t)  # object

class I:
    def __call__(self) -> None: ...
i: I
reveal_type(i if bool() else t)  # object

type[object]/I is a subtype of Callable[[], object], so this should join to Callable[[], object], not object.

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Start by running the provided Python examples and checking the reveal_type results for the conditional expressions involving Callable, type[object], and I. Trace the type-joining behavior for these cases; done means the expressions reveal Callable[[], object] rather than object.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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