I think you're right, I should give up experimenting with unsupported features :|
This is the mysterious exception I get when calling XAbstractFeatureCallImplCustom.getFeature() (but it's only a guess that I should call this method):
java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot root twice
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultBatchTypeResolver$1.add(DefaultBatchTypeResolver.java:73)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultBatchTypeResolver$1.add(DefaultBatchTypeResolver.java:1)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver$1.add(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:318)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver$1.add(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:1)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.recordExpressions(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:409)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver._recordExpressions(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:439)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.recordExpressions(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:412)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.prepare(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:401)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.computeTypes(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:689)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.typesystem.XtendReentrantTypeResolver.computeTypes(XtendReentrantTypeResolver.java:382)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.resolve(DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.java:163)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.reentrantResolve(DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.java:139)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CompoundReentrantTypeResolver.reentrantResolve(CompoundReentrantTypeResolver.java:79)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver$LazyResolvedTypes.resolveTypes(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:80)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver$2.process(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:57)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver$2.process(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:1)
at org.eclipse.xtext.util.concurrent.IUnitOfWork$Void.exec(IUnitOfWork.java:37)
at org.eclipse.xtext.util.OnChangeEvictingCache.execWithoutCacheClear(OnChangeEvictingCache.java:129)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver.doResolveTypes(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:53)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.AbstractBatchTypeResolver.resolveTypes(AbstractBatchTypeResolver.java:69)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.resource.BatchLinkingService.resolveBatched(BatchLinkingService.java:71)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.resource.BatchLinkableResource.resolveLazyCrossReferences(BatchLinkableResource.java:165)
at org.eclipse.xtext.EcoreUtil2.resolveLazyCrossReferences(EcoreUtil2.java:498)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.compiler.CompilationTestHelper$Result.doLinking(CompilationTestHelper.java:480)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.compiler.CompilationTestHelper$Result.doValidation(CompilationTestHelper.java:486)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.compiler.CompilationTestHelper$Result.doGenerate(CompilationTestHelper.java:503)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.compiler.CompilationTestHelper.compile(CompilationTestHelper.java:221)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.compiler.CompilationTestHelper.compile(CompilationTestHelper.java:181)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.compiler.batch.XtendCompilerTester.compile(XtendCompilerTester.java:87)
at com.erinors.appbase.data.test.DebugHelperTest.test(DebugHelperTest.java:55)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:86)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:670)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)
Caused by: java.lang.Throwable
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultBatchTypeResolver$1.add(DefaultBatchTypeResolver.java:71)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultBatchTypeResolver$1.add(DefaultBatchTypeResolver.java:1)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver$1.add(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:318)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver$1.add(LogicalContainerAwareReentrantTypeResolver.java:1)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.typesystem.XtendReentrantTypeResolver.computeDanglingExpressionType(XtendReentrantTypeResolver.java:445)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.typesystem.XtendReentrantTypeResolver.computeTypes(XtendReentrantTypeResolver.java:430)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.typesystem.XtendReentrantTypeResolver.computeTypes(XtendReentrantTypeResolver.java:403)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.typesystem.XtendReentrantTypeResolver.computeTypes(XtendReentrantTypeResolver.java:390)
at org.eclipse.xtend.core.typesystem.XtendReentrantTypeResolver.computeTypes(XtendReentrantTypeResolver.java:380)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.resolve(DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.java:163)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.reentrantResolve(DefaultReentrantTypeResolver.java:139)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CompoundReentrantTypeResolver.reentrantResolve(CompoundReentrantTypeResolver.java:79)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver$LazyResolvedTypes.resolveTypes(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:80)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver$2.process(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:57)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver$2.process(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:1)
at org.eclipse.xtext.util.concurrent.IUnitOfWork$Void.exec(IUnitOfWork.java:37)
at org.eclipse.xtext.util.OnChangeEvictingCache.execWithoutCacheClear(OnChangeEvictingCache.java:129)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.CachingBatchTypeResolver.doResolveTypes(CachingBatchTypeResolver.java:53)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.typesystem.internal.AbstractBatchTypeResolver.resolveTypes(AbstractBatchTypeResolver.java:69)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.resource.BatchLinkingService.resolveBatched(BatchLinkingService.java:60)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.resource.BatchLinkingService.resolveBatched(BatchLinkingService.java:41)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.resource.BatchLinkableResource.getEObject(BatchLinkableResource.java:117)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getEObject(ResourceSetImpl.java:223)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil.resolve(EcoreUtil.java:199)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil.resolve(EcoreUtil.java:259)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.impl.BasicEObjectImpl.eResolveProxy(BasicEObjectImpl.java:1477)
at org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.impl.XAbstractFeatureCallImplCustom.getFeature(XAbstractFeatureCallImplCustom.java:48)