class A { def foo(a: Int) = 0 } class RichA { def foo(a: String) = 0 def foo(a: String, b: String) = 0 def foo() = 0 } object TestNoAutoTupling { import language.noAutoTupling // try with on and off implicit def AToRichA(a: A): RichA = new RichA val a = new A a.foo() a.foo(1) a.foo("") // Without implicits, a type error regarding invalid argument types is generated at `""`. This is // the same position as an argument, so the 'second try' typing with an Implicit View is tried, // and AToRichA(a).foo("") is found. // // My reading of the spec "7.3 Views" is that `a.foo` denotes a member of `a`, so the view should // not be triggered. // // But perhaps the implementation was changed to solve See https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/ticket/1756 a.foo("a", "b") // Without implicits, a type error regarding invalid arity is generated at `foo("", "")`. // Typers#tryTypedApply:3274 only checks if the error is as the same position as `foo`, `"a"`, or `"b"`. } // t0851 is essentially the same: object test1 { case class Foo[T,T2](f : (T,T2) => String) extends (((T,T2)) => String){ def apply(t : T) = (s:T2) => f(t,s) def apply(p : (T,T2)) = f(p._1,p._2) } implicit def g[T](f : (T,String) => String): test1.Foo[T,String] = Foo(f) def main(args : Array[String]) : Unit = { val f = (x:Int,s:String) => s + x println(f(1)) () } } object Main { def main(args : Array[String]): Unit = { val fn = (a : Int, str : String) => "a: " + a + ", str: " + str implicit def fx[T](f : (T,String) => String): T => String = (x:T) => f(x,null) println(fn(1)) () } } object TestWithAutoTupling { implicit def AToRichA(a: A): RichA = new RichA val a = new A a.foo() a.foo(1) a.foo("") // Without implicits, a type error regarding invalid argument types is generated at `""`. This is // the same position as an argument, so the 'second try' typing with an Implicit View is tried, // and AToRichA(a).foo("") is found. // // My reading of the spec "7.3 Views" is that `a.foo` denotes a member of `a`, so the view should // not be triggered. // // But perhaps the implementation was changed to solve See https://lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/ticket/1756 a.foo("a", "b") // Without implicits, a type error regarding invalid arity is generated at `foo("", "")`. // Typers#tryTypedApply:3274 only checks if the error is as the same position as `foo`, `"a"`, or `"b"`. }