Rustc failed to compile code due to overflowing trait bound

[weiznich]

The following code triggers a endless type recursion in rustc while the underlying trait bounds on calling assert_sql_conversion are trivially satisfied.

use std::marker::PhantomData;

struct ValuesClause<T, Tab> {
    _marker: PhantomData<(T, Tab)>,
}

struct Eq<T, U>(PhantomData<(T, U)>);

trait Insertable<T> {
    type Values;
}

impl<T, U> Insertable<T> for Eq<T, U> {
    type Values = ValuesClause<U, T>;
}

impl<'a, T, U> Insertable<T> for &'a Eq<T, U>
where
    Eq<T, &'a U>: Insertable<T>,
{
    type Values = <Eq<T, &'a U> as Insertable<T>>::Values;
}

impl<A, SA, Tab> Insertable<Tab> for (A,)
where
    A: Insertable<Tab, Values = ValuesClause<(SA,), Tab>>,
{
    type Values = ValuesClause<SA, Tab>;
}

impl<'a, A, Tab> Insertable<Tab> for &'a (A,)
where
    (&'a A,): Insertable<Tab>,
{
    type Values = <(&'a A,) as Insertable<Tab>>::Values;
}

struct Table;

struct Foo {
    a: i32,
    b: String,
}

impl<'a> Insertable<Table> for &'a Foo {
    type Values = (Eq<Table, &'a i32>, Eq<Table, &'a String>);
}

fn assert_sql_conversion<'a, T, R>(_r: &'a R)
where
    &'a R: Insertable<T>,
{
    todo!()
}

fn main() {
    assert_sql_conversion(&Foo {
        a: 42,
        b: String::from("foo"),
    });
}

(Playground, Note that this is a minimized example starting from the original diesel code, therefore some things there are just simplified to reproduce the issue)

Error message:

error[E0275]: overflow evaluating the requirement `&Eq<_, _>: Insertable<_>`
  --> src/main.rs:57:5
   |
49 | fn assert_sql_conversion<'a, T, R>(_r: &'a R)
   |    --------------------- required by a bound in this
50 | where
51 |     &'a R: Insertable<T>,
   |            ------------- required by this bound in `assert_sql_conversion`
...
57 |     assert_sql_conversion(&Foo {
   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
   = help: consider adding a `#![recursion_limit="256"]` attribute to your crate (`playground`)
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   = note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `Insertable<_>` for `&((Eq<_, _>,),)`
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   = note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `Insertable<_>` for `&(((Eq<_, _>,),),)`
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