trait A { type m[+x] } trait A2 { type m[+x <: String] } trait A3 { type m[x] } trait FooCov[+x] trait FooCon[-x] trait FooBound[+x <: String] trait BOk1 extends A { type m[+x] = FooCov[x] } trait BOk2 extends A2 { type m[+x <: String] = FooBound[x] } trait BOk3 extends A2 { type m[+x] = FooCov[x] // weaker bound } trait BOk4 extends A3 { type m[+x] = FooCov[x] // weaker variance } // there are two aspects to check: // does type alias signature (not considering RHS) correspond to abstract type member in super class // does RHS correspond to the type alias sig trait BInv extends A{ type m[x] = FooCov[x] // error: invariant x in alias def } trait BCon extends A{ type m[-x] = FooCon[x] // error: contravariant x } trait BBound extends A{ type m[+x <: String] = FooBound[x] // error: x with stricter bound }