Cannot recurse through type with a private constructor #10789

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Description

Defining type with nested recursion where the type recurred through has a private constructor causes a "constant already been declared" kernel error. It appears that the private constructor the elaborator generates for the nested inductive is clashing with the existing private constructor for the type.

Steps to Reproduce

structure Box (α : Type u) where
  private mk ::
    private val : α -- this `private` is not needed to produce the error

/--
error: (kernel) constant has already been declared '_private.«external:file:///lean-nightly/lean-nightly.lean».0.Box.mk'
-/
#guard_msgs in 
structure Rec where
  box? : Option (Box Rec)

Expected behavior:

Lean to succeed in creating type Rec.

Actual behavior:

It is impossible to define type Rec due to this error.

Versions

Lean 4.25.0-nightly-2025-10-13
(Bug has existed since at least v4.22.0.)

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