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+object Test {
+  // the existential causes a cast and the cast makes searchClass not be in tail position
+  // can we get rid of the useless cast?
+  @annotation.tailrec
+  final def searchClass: Class[_] = {
+    "packageName" match {
+      case _ =>
+        searchClass
+    }
+  }
+}