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+class Cell(val ambiguousName: Option[String])
+ 
+class Test {
+  def wrap(f: Any): Nothing = ???
+ 
+  wrap {
+    // the namer for these two ValDefs is created when typing the argument expression
+    // of wrap. This happens to be in a silent context (tryTypedApply). Therefore, the
+    // cyclic reference will not be thrown, but transformed into a NormalTypeError by
+    // `silent`. This requires different handling in NamesDefaults.
+
+    val c = new Cell(ambiguousName = Some("bla"))
+    val ambiguousName = c.ambiguousName
+  }
+}