abstract-inaccessible.scala:5: warning: method implementMe in trait YourTrait references private[foo] trait Bippy. Classes which cannot access Bippy may be unable to provide a concrete implementation of implementMe. def implementMe(f: Int => (String, Bippy)): Unit ^ abstract-inaccessible.scala:6: warning: method overrideMe in trait YourTrait references private[foo] trait Bippy. Classes which cannot access Bippy may be unable to override overrideMe. def overrideMe[T <: Bippy](x: T): T = x ^ abstract-inaccessible.scala:7: warning: method overrideMeAlso in trait YourTrait references private[foo] trait Bippy. Classes which cannot access Bippy may be unable to override overrideMeAlso. def overrideMeAlso(x: Map[Int, Set[Bippy]]) = 5 ^ error: No warnings can be incurred under -Xfatal-warnings. three warnings found one error found