address review comments and misc cleanups

mypy/meet.py

@@ -143,18 +143,15 @@ def is_enum_overlapping_union(x: ProperType, y: ProperType) -> bool:
     return (
         isinstance(x, Instance) and x.type.is_enum and
         isinstance(y, UnionType) and
-        all(isinstance(z, LiteralType) and z.fallback.type == x.type  # type: ignore[misc]
-            for z in y.items)
+        all(x.type == p.fallback.type
+            for p in (get_proper_type(z) for z in y.relevant_items())
+            if isinstance(p, LiteralType))
     )
 
 
 def is_literal_in_union(x: ProperType, y: ProperType) -> bool:
-    return (
-        isinstance(x, LiteralType) and isinstance(y, UnionType) and any(
-            isinstance(z, LiteralType) and z == x  # type: ignore[misc]
-            for z in y.items
-        )
-    )
+    return (isinstance(x, LiteralType) and isinstance(y, UnionType) and
+            any(x == get_proper_type(z) for z in y.items))
 
 
 def is_overlapping_types(left: Type,
@@ -223,10 +220,10 @@ def _is_overlapping_types(left: Type, right: Type) -> bool:
     # and crucially, we want to do that *fast* in case the enum is large
     # so we do it before expanding variants below to avoid O(n**2) behavior
     if (
-            is_enum_overlapping_union(left, right) or
-            is_enum_overlapping_union(right, left) or
-            is_literal_in_union(left, right) or
-            is_literal_in_union(right, left)
+        is_enum_overlapping_union(left, right)
+        or is_enum_overlapping_union(right, left)
+        or is_literal_in_union(left, right)
+        or is_literal_in_union(right, left)
     ):
         return True
 

mypy/sametypes.py

@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ def visit_union_type(self, left: UnionType) -> bool:
             def _extract_literals(u: UnionType) -> Tuple[Set[LiteralType], List[Type]]:
                 lit: Set[LiteralType] = set()
                 rem: List[Type] = []
-                for i in u.items:
+                for i in u.relevant_items():
+                    i = get_proper_type(i)
                     if is_simple_literal(i):
-                        assert isinstance(i, LiteralType)  # type: ignore[misc]
                         lit.add(i)
                     else:
                         rem.append(i)

mypy/subtypes.py

@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ def visit_union_type(self, left: UnionType) -> bool:
         if isinstance(self.right, Instance):
             literal_types: Set[Instance] = set()
             # avoid redundant check for union of literals
-            for item in left.items:
+            for item in left.relevant_items():
+                item = get_proper_type(item)
                 if mypy.typeops.is_simple_literal(item):
-                    assert isinstance(item, LiteralType)  # type: ignore[misc]
                     if item.fallback in literal_types:
                         continue
                     literal_types.add(item.fallback)

mypy/typeops.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 from typing import cast, Optional, List, Sequence, Set, Iterable, TypeVar, Dict, Tuple, Any
-from typing_extensions import Type as TypingType
+from typing_extensions import Type as TypingType, TypeGuard
 import itertools
 import sys
 
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ def callable_corresponding_argument(typ: CallableType,
     return by_name if by_name is not None else by_pos
 
 
-def is_simple_literal(t: Type) -> bool:
+def is_simple_literal(t: ProperType) -> TypeGuard[LiteralType]:
     """
     Whether a type is a simple enough literal to allow for fast Union simplification
 
     For now this means enum or string
     """
-    return isinstance(t, LiteralType) and (  # type: ignore[misc]
+    return isinstance(t, LiteralType) and (
             t.fallback.type.is_enum or t.fallback.type.fullname == 'builtins.str'
     )