trait Generic[T] { type Repr } object Generic { type Aux[T, Repr0] = Generic[T] { type Repr = Repr0 } import scala.language.experimental.macros implicit def materializeGeneric[T, Repr]: Generic.Aux[T, Repr] = macro Macros.impl[T] } object Test extends App { case class C(x: Int, y: Int) import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ def reprify[T, Repr](x: T)(implicit generic: Generic.Aux[T, Repr], tag: WeakTypeTag[Repr]) = { println(tag) println(tag.tpe.typeSymbol.info) } reprify(C(40, 2)) implicitly[Generic.Aux[C, (Int, Int)]] }