Don't check bounds in match type cases at CC

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Checking.scala

@@ -144,29 +144,30 @@ object Checking {
   def checkAppliedTypesIn(tpt: TypeTree)(using Context): Unit =
     val checker = new TypeTraverser:
       def traverse(tp: Type) =
-        tp match
+        tp.normalized match
           case tp @ AppliedType(tycon, argTypes) =>
-            // Should the type be re-checked in the CC phase?
-            // Exempted are types that are not themselves capture-checked.
-            // Since the type constructor could not foresee possible capture sets,
-            // it's better to be lenient for backwards compatibility.
-            // Also exempted are match aliases. See tuple-ops.scala for an example that
-            // would fail otherwise.
-            def checkableUnderCC =
-              tycon.typeSymbol.is(CaptureChecked) && !tp.isMatchAlias
-            if !(tycon.typeSymbol.is(JavaDefined) && ctx.compilationUnit.isJava)
-                // Don't check bounds in Java units that refer to Java type constructors.
-                // Scala is not obliged to do Java type checking and in fact i17763 goes wrong
-                // if we attempt to check bounds of F-bounded mutually recursive Java interfaces.
-                // Do check all bounds in Scala units and those bounds in Java units that
-                // occur in applications of Scala type constructors.
-                && (!isCaptureChecking || checkableUnderCC) then
-              checkAppliedType(
-                untpd.AppliedTypeTree(TypeTree(tycon), argTypes.map(TypeTree(_)))
-                  .withType(tp).withSpan(tpt.span.toSynthetic),
-                tpt)
+            if !(isCaptureChecking && defn.MatchCase.isInstance(tp)) then
+              // Don't check match type cases under cc. For soundness it's enough
+              // to check bounds in reduced match types.
+              // See tuple-ops.scala and tuple-ops-2.scala for examples that would fail otherwise.
+              if !(tycon.typeSymbol.is(JavaDefined) && ctx.compilationUnit.isJava)
+                  // Don't check bounds in Java units that refer to Java type constructors.
+                  // Scala is not obliged to do Java type checking and in fact i17763 goes wrong
+                  // if we attempt to check bounds of F-bounded mutually recursive Java interfaces.
+                  // Do check all bounds in Scala units and those bounds in Java units that
+                  // occur in applications of Scala type constructors.
+                  && tycon.typeSymbol.is(CaptureChecked)
+                  // Exempted are types that are not themselves capture-checked.
+                  // Since the type constructor could not foresee possible capture sets,
+                  // it's better to be lenient for backwards compatibility.
+              then
+                checkAppliedType(
+                  untpd.AppliedTypeTree(TypeTree(tycon), argTypes.map(TypeTree(_)))
+                    .withType(tp).withSpan(tpt.span.toSynthetic),
+                  tpt)
+              traverseChildren(tp)
           case _ =>
-        traverseChildren(tp)
+            traverseChildren(tp)
     checker.traverse(tpt.tpe)
 
   def checkNoWildcard(tree: Tree)(using Context): Tree = tree.tpe match {

tests/pos-custom-args/captures/tuple-ops-2.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+sealed trait Tup
+case object Emp extends Tup
+type Emp = Emp.type
+case class Cons[h, t <: Tup](hh: h, tt: t) extends Tup
+
+type Union[T <: Tup] = T match
+  case Emp        => Nothing
+  case Cons[h, t] => h | Union[t]
+
+type Concat[T <: Tup, U <: Tup] <: Tup = T match
+  case Emp        => U
+  case Cons[h, t] => Cons[h, Concat[t, U]]
+
+type FlatMap[T <: Tup, F[_ <: Union[T]] <: Tup] <: Tup = T match
+  case Emp        => Emp
+  case Cons[h, t] => Concat[F[h], FlatMap[t, F]]
+
+type A =
+  FlatMap[Cons[Boolean, Cons[String, Emp]], [T] =>> Cons[T, Cons[List[T], Emp]]]