The following test causes java.lang.StackOverflowError in
sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.getFirstMatch(ClassDefinition.java:122).

I've tried to make the test less in size but the effect disappeares
and compiler reports correct message:
clss005.java:13: Cyclic class inheritance.

See log below:

> cat clss005.java
// Ident: @(#)clss005.java 1.1 96/01/14
// Copyright 14 Jan 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved

class clss005_a {
int a= 5;
public int b = a + 1;
public int c = b + 1;
   public void add(int x) {
   a += x;
   }
}

class clss005_b extends clss005_b{
int a= 50;
public int b = a + 10;
   public void test() {
   add(a);
   add(b);
   add(c);
   }
}

public class clss005 {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
   clss005_b cl_x;
   cl_x.test();
  }
}


> /usr/local/java/1.0/bin/javac clss005.java

java.lang.StackOverflowError
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.getFirstMatch(ClassDefinition.java:122)
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.matchMethod(ClassDefinition.java:381)
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.matchMethod(ClassDefinition.java:410)
... repeating 4668 times
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.matchMethod(ClassDefinition.java:410)
at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.matchMethod(ClassDefinition.java:433)
at sun.tools.tree.MethodExpression.checkValue(MethodExpression.java:122)
at sun.tools.tree.MethodExpression.check(MethodExpression.java:209)
at sun.tools.tree.ExpressionStatement.check(ExpressionStatement.java:43)
at sun.tools.tree.CompoundStatement.check(CompoundStatement.java:48)
at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkMethod(Statement.java:64)
at sun.tools.javac.SourceField.check(SourceField.java:209)
at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.check(SourceClass.java:431)
at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.compileClass(SourceClass.java:540)
at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.compile(SourceClass.java:527)
at sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:193)
at sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:289)
clss005.java:26: Variable cl_x may not have been initialized.
   cl_x.test();
   ^
error: An error has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (###@###.###).
2 errors