t900.scala:4: error: type mismatch; found : Foo.this.x.type (with underlying type Foo.this.bar) required: AnyRef Note that implicit conversions are not applicable because they are ambiguous: both method any2Ensuring in object Predef of type [A](x: A)Ensuring[A] and method any2ArrowAssoc in object Predef of type [A](x: A)ArrowAssoc[A] are possible conversion functions from Foo.this.x.type to AnyRef def break(): x.type ^ one error found