Scala 2.10 TypeTag usage

Question

I\'m digging new scala reflection api and can\'t figure out why the following snippet doesn\'t work as expected. Given hierarchy (tried to simplify as much as I can):

Answer 1

Thanks everyone to feedback. Think, I've found the reason why ClassTag should be used in pattern matching.

I've managed to find [SI-5143] Pattern matching on abstract types doesn't work, and it's associated commit explains that there should be an instance of ClassTag to make pattern checkable.

So, yes, I used TypeTag wrong; in case of pattern matching I should use ClassTag.