Allow union-with-callable attributes to be overridden by methods (#18018

)

Fixes #12569

### Before
```python
from typing import Callable

class Parent:
    f1: Callable[[str], str]
    f2: Callable[[str], str] | str

class Child(Parent):
   def f1(self, x: str) -> str: return x  # ok
   def f2(self, x: str) -> str: return x  # Signature of "f2" incompatible with supertype "Parent"
```

### After
```python
from typing import Callable

class Parent:
    f1: Callable[[str], str]
    f2: Callable[[str], str] | str

class Child(Parent):
   def f1(self, x: str) -> str: return x  # ok
   def f2(self, x: str) -> str: return x  # ok
```

mypy/checker.py

@@ -2146,6 +2146,7 @@ def check_method_override_for_base_with_name(
                     override_class_or_static,
                     context,
                 )
+                # Check if this override is covariant.
                 if (
                     ok
                     and original_node
@@ -2161,6 +2162,25 @@ def check_method_override_for_base_with_name(
                         f" override has type {override_str})"
                     )
                     self.fail(msg, context)
+            elif isinstance(original_type, UnionType) and any(
+                is_subtype(typ, orig_typ, ignore_pos_arg_names=True)
+                for orig_typ in original_type.items
+            ):
+                # This method is a subtype of at least one union variant.
+                if (
+                    original_node
+                    and codes.MUTABLE_OVERRIDE in self.options.enabled_error_codes
+                    and self.is_writable_attribute(original_node)
+                ):
+                    # Covariant override of mutable attribute.
+                    base_str, override_str = format_type_distinctly(
+                        original_type, typ, options=self.options
+                    )
+                    msg = message_registry.COVARIANT_OVERRIDE_OF_MUTABLE_ATTRIBUTE.with_additional_msg(
+                        f' (base class "{base.name}" defined the type as {base_str},'
+                        f" override has type {override_str})"
+                    )
+                    self.fail(msg, context)
             elif is_equivalent(original_type, typ):
                 # Assume invariance for a non-callable attribute here. Note
                 # that this doesn't affect read-only properties which can have

test-data/unit/check-classes.test

@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ class Base:
 class Derived(Base):
     __hash__ = 1  # E: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "int", base class "Base" defined the type as "Callable[[Base], int]")
 
-
 [case testOverridePartialAttributeWithMethod]
 # This was crashing: https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/11686.
 class Base:
@@ -731,19 +730,6 @@ class B(A):
         pass
 [builtins fixtures/classmethod.pyi]
 
-[case testOverrideCallableAttributeWithSettableProperty]
-from typing import Callable
-
-class A:
-    f: Callable[[str], None]
-
-class B(A):
-    @property
-    def f(self) -> Callable[[object], None]: pass
-    @func.setter
-    def f(self, x: object) -> None: pass
-[builtins fixtures/property.pyi]
-
 [case testOverrideCallableAttributeWithMethodMutableOverride]
 # flags: --enable-error-code=mutable-override
 from typing import Callable
@@ -763,6 +749,19 @@ class B(A):
     def f3(x: object) -> None: pass         # E: Covariant override of a mutable attribute (base class "A" defined the type as "Callable[[str], None]", override has type "Callable[[object], None]")
 [builtins fixtures/classmethod.pyi]
 
+[case testOverrideCallableAttributeWithSettableProperty]
+from typing import Callable
+
+class A:
+    f: Callable[[str], None]
+
+class B(A):
+    @property
+    def f(self) -> Callable[[object], None]: pass
+    @func.setter
+    def f(self, x: object) -> None: pass
+[builtins fixtures/property.pyi]
+
 [case testOverrideCallableAttributeWithSettablePropertyMutableOverride]
 # flags: --enable-error-code=mutable-override
 from typing import Callable
@@ -777,6 +776,57 @@ class B(A):
     def f(self, x: object) -> None: pass
 [builtins fixtures/property.pyi]
 
+[case testOverrideCallableUnionAttributeWithMethod]
+from typing import Callable, Union
+
+class A:
+    f1: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+    f2: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+    f3: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+    f4: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+
+class B(A):
+    def f1(self, x: str) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    def f2(self, x: object) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def f3(cls, x: str) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def f4(x: str) -> str:
+        pass
+[builtins fixtures/classmethod.pyi]
+
+[case testOverrideCallableUnionAttributeWithMethodMutableOverride]
+# flags: --enable-error-code=mutable-override
+from typing import Callable, Union
+
+class A:
+    f1: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+    f2: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+    f3: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+    f4: Union[Callable[[str], str], str]
+
+class B(A):
+    def f1(self, x: str) -> str:     # E: Covariant override of a mutable attribute (base class "A" defined the type as "Union[Callable[[str], str], str]", override has type "Callable[[str], str]")
+        pass
+
+    def f2(self, x: object) -> str:  # E: Covariant override of a mutable attribute (base class "A" defined the type as "Union[Callable[[str], str], str]", override has type "Callable[[object], str]")
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def f3(cls, x: str) -> str:      # E: Covariant override of a mutable attribute (base class "A" defined the type as "Union[Callable[[str], str], str]", override has type "Callable[[str], str]")
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def f4(x: str) -> str:           # E: Covariant override of a mutable attribute (base class "A" defined the type as "Union[Callable[[str], str], str]", override has type "Callable[[str], str]")
+        pass
+[builtins fixtures/classmethod.pyi]
+
 -- Constructors
 -- ------------