[NI] Approximate types during type translation for IR

compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/TypeTranslator.kt

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class TypeTranslator(
 ) {
 
     private val typeParametersResolver = ScopedTypeParametersResolver()
+    private val typeApproximatorForNI = TypeApproximator()
     lateinit var constantValueGenerator: ConstantValueGenerator
 
     fun enterScope(irElement: IrTypeParametersContainer) {
@@ -54,11 +55,7 @@ class TypeTranslator(
     private fun translateType(ktType0: KotlinType, variance: Variance): IrTypeProjection {
         // TODO "old" JVM BE does this for reified type arguments. Is it ok for arbitrary subexpressions?
 
-        val ktTypeUpper =
+        val ktTypeUpper = ktType0.approximate(languageVersionSettings)
-            if (ktType0.constructor.isDenotable)
-                ktType0
-            else
-                approximateCapturedTypes(ktType0).upper
 
         when {
             ktTypeUpper.isError -> return IrErrorTypeImpl(ktTypeUpper, translateTypeAnnotations(ktTypeUpper.annotations), variance)
@@ -95,6 +92,15 @@ class TypeTranslator(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun KotlinType.approximate(languageVersionSettings: LanguageVersionSettings): KotlinType {
+        if (this.constructor.isDenotable) return this
+
+        return if (languageVersionSettings.supportsFeature(LanguageFeature.NewInference))
+            typeApproximatorForNI.approximateDeclarationType(this, local = false, languageVersionSettings = languageVersionSettings)
+        else
+            approximateCapturedTypes(this).upper
+    }
+
     private fun translateTypeAnnotations(annotations: Annotations): List<IrCall> =
         annotations.getAllAnnotations().map {
             // TODO filter out annotation targets

compiler/testData/codegen/box/regressions/noAssertionsWhenNullableTypeParameterReplacedWithIntersectionType.kt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // !LANGUAGE: +NewInference
-// IGNORE_BACKEND: JS_IR, JVM_IR
+// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 
 class Recursive<T : Recursive<T>> : Generic<PlaceHolder<T>>, MainSupertype
 open class Simple<T> : Generic<T>, MainSupertype