## Summary
The `.expect()` call here:
5dd56264fb/crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/instance.rs (L816-L827)
is the direct cause of the panic in
https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/1587. This patch gets rid of the
panic by refactoring our `Protocol` enum so that the
`Protocol::FromClass` variant holds a `ProtocolClass` instance rather
than a `ClassType` instance (all the `.expect()` call was doing was
attempting to convert form a `ClassType` to a `ProtocolClass`).
I hoped that this would provide a fix for
https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/1587, but we still panic on the
provided reproducible examples in that issue even with this PR.
Nonetheless, I think this PR is a worthwhile change to make because:
- It's probably slightly more efficient this way (we no longer have to
re-verify that the wrapped class in a `Protocol::FromClass()` variant is
a protocol class every time we want to access its interface)
- It's nice to get rid of `.expect()` calls where possible, and this one
seems definitely unnecessary
- The _new_ panic message on this PR branch makes it much clearer what
the underlying cause of the bug in
https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/1587 is:
<details>
<summary>New panic message</summary>
```
error[panic]: Panicked at
/Users/alexw/.cargo/git/checkouts/salsa-e6f3bb7c2a062968/a885bb4/src/function/execute.rs:321:21
when checking `/Users/alexw/dev/ruff/foo.py`: `ClassLiteral < 'db
>::explicit_bases_(Id(4c09)): execute: too many cycle iterations`
info: This indicates a bug in ty.
info: If you could open an issue at
https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/new?title=%5Bpanic%5D, we'd be
very appreciative!
info: Platform: macos aarch64
info: Version: ruff/0.14.5+60 (18a14bfaf 2025-11-19)
info: Args: ["target/debug/ty", "check", "foo.py",
"--python-version=3.14"]
info: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to show the full
backtrace information
info: query stacktrace:
0: cached_protocol_interface(Id(6805))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/protocol_class.rs:790
1: is_equivalent_to_object_inner(Id(8003))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/instance.rs:667
2: infer_deferred_types(Id(1409))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs:141
cycle heads: infer_definition_types(Id(140b)) -> iteration = 200,
TypeVarInstance < 'db >::lazy_bound_(Id(5803)) -> iteration = 200
3: TypeVarInstance < 'db >::lazy_bound_(Id(5802))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types.rs:8734
4: infer_definition_types(Id(140c))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs:94
5: infer_deferred_types(Id(140a))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs:141
6: TypeVarInstance < 'db >::lazy_bound_(Id(5803))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types.rs:8734
7: infer_definition_types(Id(140b))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs:94
8: infer_scope_types(Id(1000))
at crates/ty_python_semantic/src/types/infer.rs:70
9: check_file_impl(Id(c00))
at crates/ty_project/src/lib.rs:535
Found 1 diagnostic
WARN A fatal error occurred while checking some files. Not all project
files were analyzed. See the diagnostics list above for details.
```
</details>
## Test Plan
All existing tests pass.
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