open class A { open fun foo(t: T, u: U) = "A" } class Z : A() { override fun foo(t: String, u: U) = "Z" } fun box(): String { val z = Z() return when { z.foo("", 0) != "Z" -> "Fail #1" (z : A).foo("", 0) != "Z" -> "Fail #2" else -> "OK" } }