import scala.language.higherKinds trait Bound[B] package p1 { case class Sub[B <: Bound[B]](p: B) object Test { def g[A](x: Bound[A]) = () def f(x: Any) = x match { case Sub(p) => g(p) } } } package p2 { trait Traversable[+A] { def head: A = ??? } trait Seq[+A] extends Traversable[A] { def length: Int = ??? } case class SubHK[B <: Bound[B], CC[X] <: Traversable[X]](xs: CC[B]) class MyBound extends Bound[MyBound] class MySeq extends Seq[MyBound] object Test { def g[B](x: Bound[B]) = () def f1(x: Any) = x match { case SubHK(xs) => xs } def f2[B <: Bound[B], CC[X] <: Traversable[X]](sub: SubHK[B, CC]): CC[B] = sub match { case SubHK(xs) => xs } def f3 = g(f1(SubHK(new MySeq)).head) def f4 = g(f2(SubHK(new MySeq)).head) } }