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Casting NamedTuple with __call__ to Callable

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bug topic-named-tuple
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Description

I think this should be valid:

from typing import Callable, NamedTuple

class Foo(NamedTuple):
    x: int

    def __call__(self) -> int:
        return self.x

foo: Callable[[], int] = Foo(42)

but mypy fails with:
error: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "Foo", variable has type "Callable[[], int]")

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Research direction

Start by running mypy on the NamedTuple and Callable example in the issue to reproduce the incompatible-assignment error. Trace the callable compatibility check for a NamedTuple defining call; done means the example is accepted and the behavior is covered by a regression test.

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Tech stack
python
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devtools
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
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