Backport "Fix #19789: Merge same TypeParamRef in orDominator" to LTS (#…

…21056)

Backports #20090 to the LTS branch.

PR submitted by the release tooling.
[skip ci]

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeOps.scala

@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ object TypeOps:
           mergeRefinedOrApplied(tp1, tp21) & mergeRefinedOrApplied(tp1, tp22)
         case _ =>
           fail
-      tp1 match {
+      if tp1 eq tp2 then tp1
+      else tp1 match {
         case tp1 @ RefinedType(parent1, name1, rinfo1) =>
           tp2 match {
             case RefinedType(parent2, `name1`, rinfo2) =>
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ object TypeOps:
           }
         case AndType(tp11, tp12) =>
           mergeRefinedOrApplied(tp11, tp2) & mergeRefinedOrApplied(tp12, tp2)
+        case tp1: TypeParamRef if tp1 == tp2 => tp1
         case _ => fail
       }
     }

tests/pos/i19789.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type Kinded[F[_]] = F[Any] | F[Nothing]
+
+def values[F[_]]: Vector[Kinded[F]] = ???
+
+def mapValues[F[_], T](f: Kinded[F] => T): Vector[T] = values[F].map { case x => f(x) }