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Overriding Java varargs parameter of overloaded method requires explicit Array syntax #13043

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Compiler version

3.0.0 and 3.0.1

Minimized code

intf.java

interface Intf {
    public void thing(int x);
    public void thing(String... y);
}

impl.scala

class Impl extends Intf {
  override def thing(x: Int) = ???
  override def thing(y: String*) = ???
}

Output

[error] -- Error: /home/score/varargs-overloading/src/main/scala/impl.scala:1:6 --------
[error] 1 |class Impl extends Intf {
[error]   |      ^
[error]   |class Impl needs to be abstract, since def thing(y: Array[? <: String]): Unit in trait Intf is not defined 
[error]   |(The class implements members with different types: List(override def thing(y: Seq[String]): Nothing in class Impl, override def thing(x: Int): Unit in class Impl)%
[error]   |  %)
[error] -- [E038] Declaration Error: /home/score/varargs-overloading/src/main/scala/impl.scala:3:15 
[error] 3 |  override def thing(y: String*) = ???
[error]   |               ^
[error]   |    method thing has a different signature than the overridden declaration

Expectation

Like in Scala 2, this should be valid code.

The error can be worked around by using an Array type directly (not compatible with scala 2's behaviour) or by renaming/removing the overloads on the interface.

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