Merge pull request #4381 from dotty-staging/harden-ide-10

Harden IDE: Avoid ClassCastException in ThisType.cls

Author: odersky

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Types.scala

@@ -2177,7 +2177,11 @@ object Types {
    *  do not survive runs whereas typerefs do.
    */
   abstract case class ThisType(tref: TypeRef) extends CachedProxyType with SingletonType {
-    def cls(implicit ctx: Context): ClassSymbol = tref.stableInRunSymbol.asClass
+    def cls(implicit ctx: Context): ClassSymbol = tref.stableInRunSymbol match {
+      case cls: ClassSymbol => cls
+      case _ if ctx.mode.is(Mode.Interactive) => defn.AnyClass // was observed to happen in IDE mode
+    }
+
     override def underlying(implicit ctx: Context): Type =
       if (ctx.erasedTypes) tref
       else cls.info match {