sealed trait Top trait C { private object P extends Top } /* $ scala -e 'new AnyRef with C' error: error while loading Top, class file '/private/tmp/bobobo/./Top.class' is broken (error reading Scala signature of /private/tmp/bobobo/./Top.class: malformed Scala signature of Top at 185; reference value P of trait C refers to nonexisting symbol.) one error found */