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$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_71"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_71-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.71-b15, mixed mode)
$ scalac11 -version
Scala compiler version 2.11.7 -- Copyright 2002-2013, LAMP/EPFL
$ cat Test.scala
object ATest extends App {
    def getX[T <: X](constr: ⇒ T = null.asInstanceOf[T]): Unit = {
        constr
    }
    getX()
}
class X
$ scalac11 Test.scala
$ scala11 -version
Scala code runner version 2.11.7 -- Copyright 2002-2013, LAMP/EPFL
$ scala11 ATest
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at ATest$$anonfun$1.apply(Test.scala:5)
	at ATest$.getX(Test.scala:3)
	at ATest$.delayedEndpoint$ATest$1(Test.scala:5)
	at ATest$delayedInit$body.apply(Test.scala:1)
	at scala.Function0$class.apply$mcV$sp(Function0.scala:34)
	at scala.runtime.AbstractFunction0.apply$mcV$sp(AbstractFunction0.scala:12)
	at scala.App$$anonfun$main$1.apply(App.scala:76)
	at scala.App$$anonfun$main$1.apply(App.scala:76)
	at scala.collection.immutable.List.foreach(List.scala:381)
	at scala.collection.generic.TraversableForwarder$class.foreach(TraversableForwarder.scala:35)
	at scala.App$class.main(App.scala:76)
	at ATest$.main(Test.scala:1)
	at ATest.main(Test.scala)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
	at scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader$$anonfun$run$1.apply(ScalaClassLoader.scala:70)
	at scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader$class.asContext(ScalaClassLoader.scala:31)
	at scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader$URLClassLoader.asContext(ScalaClassLoader.scala:101)
	at scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader$class.run(ScalaClassLoader.scala:70)
	at scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader$URLClassLoader.run(ScalaClassLoader.scala:101)
	at scala.tools.nsc.CommonRunner$class.run(ObjectRunner.scala:22)
	at scala.tools.nsc.ObjectRunner$.run(ObjectRunner.scala:39)
	at scala.tools.nsc.CommonRunner$class.runAndCatch(ObjectRunner.scala:29)
	at scala.tools.nsc.ObjectRunner$.runAndCatch(ObjectRunner.scala:39)
	at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.runTarget$1(MainGenericRunner.scala:65)
	at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.run$1(MainGenericRunner.scala:87)
	at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.process(MainGenericRunner.scala:98)
	at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner$.main(MainGenericRunner.scala:103)
	at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.main(MainGenericRunner.scala)
$