trait ShapeLevel object Fail { abstract class ProductNodeShape[Level <: ShapeLevel, C, M <: C, U <: C, P <: C] extends Shape[Level, M, U, P] { def copy(shapes: Seq[Shape[_, _, _, _]]): Shape[Level, _, _, _] } abstract class Shape[Level <: ShapeLevel, -Mixed_, Unpacked_, Packed_] final class TupleShape[Level <: ShapeLevel, M <: Product, U <: Product, P <: Product](val shapes: Shape[_, _, _, _]*) extends ProductNodeShape[Level, Product, M, U, P] { def copy(shapes: Seq[Shape[_, _, _, _]]): Shape[Level, _, _, _] = ??? } trait ShapeLevel } object Ok { abstract class Shape[Level <: ShapeLevel, -Mixed_, Unpacked_, Packed_] abstract class ProductNodeShape[Level <: ShapeLevel, C, M <: C, U <: C, P <: C] extends Shape[Level, M, U, P] { def copy(shapes: Seq[Shape[_, _, _, _]]): Shape[Level, _, _, _] } final class TupleShape[Level <: ShapeLevel, M <: Product, U <: Product, P <: Product](val shapes: Shape[_, _, _, _]*) extends ProductNodeShape[Level, Product, M, U, P] { def copy(shapes: Seq[Shape[_, _, _, _]]): Shape[Level, _, _, _] = ??? } } // This is why we reverted the fix for SI-1786 -- see SI-6169 for a potential alternative that could be extended to cover this. // both objects type check on 2.10.3, but only Ok was accepted by 2.11 after the original fix to SI-1786. // Fail results in: /* t1786-counter.scala:10: error: class TupleShape needs to be abstract, since method copy in class ProductNodeShape of type (shapes: Seq[Fail.Shape[_, _, _, _]])Fail.Shape[Level, _, _, _] is not defined (Note that Seq[Fail.Shape[_, _, _, _]] does not match Seq[Fail.Shape[_ <: Fail.ShapeLevel, _, _, _]]: their type parameters differ) final class TupleShape[Level <: ShapeLevel, M <: Product, U <: Product, P <: Product](val shapes: Shape[_, _, _, _]*) extends ProductNodeShape[Level, Product, M, U, P] { ^ one error found */