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To prevent stack overflow in the case user writes class C : C {}; an "anti-loop" pattern is used in several places of model. That's correct. But sometimes model goes into loop not because of user error, but because of error in model itself (for example, this might be causes by lack of accuracy in templates partial specializations) For such cases a diagnostic should be added so that it - does not annoy user (i.e. works in developers mode only) - show development that there is an error