// Failure of autotupling in the presence of overloaded functions. object Test { def compare(first: Any, second: Any): Any = { (first, second) match { case (k: Int, o: Int) => k compare o //why the next case matches (Float, Int) but does not match (Int, Float) ??? case (k: Number, o: Number) => k.doubleValue() compare o.doubleValue() case _ => "BOGON" // throw new Exception("Unsupported compare " + first + "; " + second) } } def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = { println("Both Int", -1, compare(0, 1)) println("Both Float", 1, compare(1.0, 0.0)) println("Float then Int", 0, compare(10.0, 10)) println("Int then Float", 0, compare(10, 10.0)) //this fails with an exception } }