import scala.language.{ higherKinds } trait Monad[M[_]] { def foo[A](a: M[A]): M[A] } class Bar[A, B] class Bar1[A] { type And[B] = Bar[A, B] } object Test { // the combination of partial applications and anonymous class is essential to reproduce the bug // problem: missing bridge method // --> abstractmethoderror `Main$$anon$1.foo(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;` // the anonymous class only gets `public Bar foo(Bar a)` def BarMonad[X] = new Monad[Bar1[X]#And] { def foo[A](a: Bar[X, A]) = a } def main(as: Array[String]): Unit = { BarMonad[Int] foo (new Bar[Int, Int]) } }