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Recursion limit exceeded with structural types in the REPL #23133

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Compiler version

3.7.0

Minimized code

Insert the following 2 snippets in the REPL, one at a time:

Snippet 1

val obj: scala.reflect.Selectable {
  val schemas: { type Pet }
  val pets: List[schemas.Pet]
} = 
  new scala.reflect.Selectable {
    val schemas: { type Pet } = new Object { type Pet = Unit }
    val pets: List[schemas.Pet] = Nil
  }

Snippet 2

obj.pets

Output

% scala
Welcome to Scala 3.7.0 (21, Java OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM).
Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
scala> val obj: scala.reflect.Selectable {
     |   val schemas: { type Pet }
     |   val pets: List[schemas.Pet]
     | } = 
     |   new scala.reflect.Selectable {
     |     val schemas: { type Pet } = new Object { type Pet = Unit }
     |     val pets: List[schemas.Pet] = Nil
     |   }
     | 
val obj:
  {z1 =>
    scala.reflect.Selectable{
      val schemas: Object{type Pet}; val pets: List[z1.schemas.Pet]}
  } = anon$1@66456506
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
scala> obj.pets
-- Error: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1 |obj.pets
  |    ^
  |Recursion limit exceeded.
  |Maybe there is an illegal cyclic reference?
  |If that's not the case, you could also try to increase the stacksize using the -Xss JVM option.
  |For the unprocessed stack trace, compile with -Xno-enrich-error-messages.
  |A recurring operation is (inner to outer):
  |
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  ...
  |
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member Selectable#schemas
  |  find-member obj.pets
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It should work, just like when compiled with scalac.

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          Recursion limit exceeded with structural types in the REPL · Issue #23133 · scala/scala3