FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_04-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows XP sp2
Linux 2.6.11 (Gentoo)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
While investigating the behavior of some bizarre uses of generics (for some graduate research), I stumbled across the following code that will cause a compiler crash. It seems similar to bugs: 4856983, 4991190 , 5097944 , 5094120, but I'm not sure it's directly related. (Though admittedly, I have not yet actually found a pragmatic use for the example.)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Attempt to compile the example code.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Successful compilation -or- compiler error message
ACTUAL -
Compiler crashes with:
     The system is out of resources.
     Consult the following stack trace for details.
     java.lang.StackOverflowError

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
The system is out of resources.
Consult the following stack trace for details.
java.lang.StackOverflowError
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types.supertype(Types.java:1715)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$AsSuperFcn.visitClassType(Types.java:1400)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type$ClassType.accept(Type.java:482)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$AsSuperFcn.asSuper(Types.java:1385)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$AsSuperFcn.visitClassType(Types.java:1402)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type$ClassType.accept(Type.java:482)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$AsSuperFcn.asSuper(Types.java:1385)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types.asSuper(Types.java:1375)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$IsSubTypeFcn.visitClassType(Types.java:423)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type$ClassType.accept(Type.java:482)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$IsSubTypeFcn.isSubType(Types.java:347)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$IsSubTypeFcn.visitArgumentType(Types.java:402)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type$ArgumentType.accept(Type.java:367)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$IsSubTypeFcn.isSubType(Types.java:347)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.code.Types$IsSubTypeFcn.visitArgumentType(Types.java:402)
[...]

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class CompilerCrash {
    
    //dummy method1
    public static <T> T crash(T t1, T t2) {
        return t1;
    }
    
    //dummy method2
    public static <T> T noCrash(T t1) {
        return t1;
    }
    
    public static void main(String ...args) {
        Generic<?> g1 = new Generic<String>("crash");
        Generic<?> g2 = new Generic<String>("me");
        
        noCrash(g2); // no crash
        crash(g1,g2); // crash!!!
    }
}

//dummy interface
interface myInterface<T> { }

// Note: crashes with "myInterface<Generic<? super T>>", as well.
class Generic<T> implements myInterface<Generic<? extends T>> {
    public Generic(T s) { }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------
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