closes #2741 closes #3079 no review

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+sealed trait Identity[A] {
+  val value: A
+}
+
+trait Coerce[A, B] {
+  def unwrap: (A => B)
+}
+
+object Coerce {
+  def IdentityCoerce[B] = new Coerce[Identity[B], B] {
+     // java.lang.Error: A in trait Identity cannot be instantiated from ?x$1.type
+     def unwrap = _.value
+
+     // Providing the type of _ works around the problem.
+     //def unwrap = (_: Identity[B]).value
+  }
+}
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