Huge error message and compilation times for a one-liner

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Thanks to Matthew Farwell for minimizing and sending me this issue. It looks particularly ugly inside the IDE, but it's not specific.

The following file fails compilation after 42 seconds with a 176KB error message:

package foobar;

import org.scalatest.prop.TableDrivenPropertyChecks._

class PresentationCompilerTest {
  def foobar() = Table((1))
}

It uses scalatest. Use the following build.sbt for 2.11.0-M4:

scalaVersion := "2.11.0-M4"

libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.0.M6-SNAP35" cross CrossVersion.full

Same outcome with 2.10.2

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Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-7752?orig=1
Reporter: @dragos
Affected Versions: 2.10.2, 2.11.0-M4
See #7040
Attachments:

• annotation.txt (created on Aug 14, 2013 2:10:15 PM UTC, 176043 bytes)

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@gkossakowski said:
Thanks for report! I'll look into it next week.

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@retronym said:
If we disable the disambiguation of identifiers in the type error issued in ContextError#applyErrorMsg altogether, we can see the original error message. This takes 1s to compile.

[error] /Users/jason/code/scratch3/test.scala:6: overloaded method value apply with alternatives:
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor22[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor21[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor20[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor19[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor18[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor17[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor16[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor15[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor14[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor13[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor12[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor11[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor10[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor9[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor8[A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor7[A,B,C,D,E,F,G] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E, F](heading: (String, String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E, F)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor6[A,B,C,D,E,F] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D, E](heading: (String, String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D, E)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor5[A,B,C,D,E] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C, D](heading: (String, String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C, D)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor4[A,B,C,D] <and>
[error]   [A, B, C](heading: (String, String, String), rows: (A, B, C)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor3[A,B,C] <and>
[error]   [A, B](heading: (String, String), rows: (A, B)*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor2[A,B] <and>
[error]   [A](heading: String, rows: A*)org.scalatest.prop.TableFor1[A]
[error]  cannot be applied to (Int)

Proposed fix:
retronym/scala@scala:2.10.x...ticket/7752
https://scala-webapps.epfl.ch/jenkins/job/scala-checkin-manual/

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@retronym said:
Hey, it's a popular bug.

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@gkossakowski said:
I assigned it to you Jason.

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@retronym said:
Oh, and more or less a duplicate of #7040. I'll close that one.

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@retronym said:
scala/scala#2834