t4158.scala:3: error: type mismatch; found : Null(null) required: Int Note that implicit conversions are not applicable because they are ambiguous: both method Integer2intNullConflict in class LowPriorityImplicits of type (x: Null)Int and method Integer2int in object Predef of type (x: Integer)Int are possible conversion functions from Null(null) to Int var y = null: Int ^ t4158.scala:2: error: type mismatch; found : Null(null) required: Int Note that implicit conversions are not applicable because they are ambiguous: both method Integer2intNullConflict in class LowPriorityImplicits of type (x: Null)Int and method Integer2int in object Predef of type (x: Integer)Int are possible conversion functions from Null(null) to Int var x: Int = null ^ two errors found