Scala: order of definition for companion object vs case class

Question

In Scala 2.9.1 I get the following behavior:

class Foo {
   case class X()
   object X            // this compiles

   def bar() {
      object Y         // this         


        

Answer 1

The reason why the first is allowed and the second is not is that classes and objects can have forward definitions, but definitions cannot. So why it is possible for the compiler to mix object X with the one defined by the case class, it is not possible to do so in the second case.

I wonder what happens in the Y case: shadowing or the object companion does not get generated at all?

Answer 2

This is a known bug: SI-3772: companions and method-owned case classes. This is partially fixed, but the OP's issue still remains. Vote it up if you want it fixed.