import language.higherKinds object Test { trait Monad[M[_]] { def foo[A](ma: M[A])(f: M[A] => Any) = f(ma) } implicit def function1Covariant[T]: Monad[({type l[a] = (T => a)})#l] = new Monad[({type l[a] = (T => a)})#l] {} def main(args: Array[String]) { // inference of T = (=> Any) here was outlawed by SI-7899 / 8ed7099 // but this pattern is used in Scalaz in just a few places and caused // a regression. // // Inference of a by-name type doesn't *always* lead to a ClassCastException, // it only gets there if a method in generic code accepts a parameter of // that type. // // We need to introduce the stricter inference rules gradually, probably // with a warning. val m = implicitly[Monad[({type f[+x] = (=> Any) => x})#f]] assert(m.foo[Int]((x => 0))(f => f(???)) == 0) } }