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Type-checker crashes with StackOverflowError due to illegal cyclic type dependency #5093

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scabug opened this issue Oct 19, 2011 · 2 comments
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Type-checker crashes with StackOverflowError due to illegal cyclic type dependency #5093

scabug opened this issue Oct 19, 2011 · 2 comments
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scabug commented Oct 19, 2011

This one-liner

class T { def f[C[X] <: C[X]](l: C[_]) = l.x }

makes scalac crash with a StackOverflowError

error: java.lang.StackOverflowError
	at scala.reflect.internal.Symbols$Symbol.isDeferred(Symbols.scala:45)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Symbols$TypeSymbol.isAliasType(Symbols.scala:2088)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.thisInfo(Types.scala:1769)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.baseClasses(Types.scala:1987)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$SubType.baseClasses(Types.scala:1041)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.baseClasses(Types.scala:1987)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$SubType.baseClasses(Types.scala:1041)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.baseClasses(Types.scala:1987)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$SubType.baseClasses(Types.scala:1041)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.baseClasses(Types.scala:1987)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$SubType.baseClasses(Types.scala:1041)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.baseClasses(Types.scala:1987)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$SubType.baseClasses(Types.scala:1041)
	at scala.reflect.internal.Types$TypeRef.baseClasses(Types.scala:1987)
    ...
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scabug commented Oct 19, 2011

Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-5093?orig=1
Reporter: @szeiger
Affected Versions: 2.9.1, 2.9.2

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scabug commented Oct 19, 2011

Commit Message Bot (anonymous) said:
(extempore in r25852) Cycle defense.

Notice when a typeref's info creates an obvious cycle, so we can see an
error instead of a stack overflow. Closes #5093, review by moors.

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