Checking a match on an enum becomes quadratically slow after the variable was narrowed by an == check
Author: sunny-zuoCreated Sep 16, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labelsbugperformancetopic-enum
Bug Report
Type-checking a match on a large enum becomes very slow when the variable was first narrowed by an == check with an early exit:
from enum import StrEnum
class E(StrEnum):
M0 = "m0"
M1 = "m1"
# ... 1,200 members
def f(x: E) -> None:
if x == E.M0:
return
match x:
case E.M1:
pass
# ... through case E.M7Removing the x == E.M0 block makes this much faster (~1.5s vs 22s locally).
To Reproduce
Your Environment
- Mypy version used:
2.3.1,2.4.0+dev.4d195a2 - Python version used: 3.12
Source: python/mypy