Class constructor parameter with default value causes companion object initializer to fail

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The following code fails to compile,

class Foo(t: Any)
class Bar(x: String = "bar")
object Bar extends Foo(new Bar())

The error message is: "super constructor cannot be passed a self reference unless parameter is declared by-name". I would expect either the code to compile or a more informative error message.

javap reveals that the zero-parameter constructor for class Bar with default value x = "bar" is actually defined as init$default$1 in the companion object Bar. I assume the problem is that extends Foo(new Bar()) is trying to access Bar.init$default$1 before object Bar has been constructed.

I couldn't find this restriction in the SLS. If the compile error is correct, perhaps the error message could be improved? Thanks.

Possibly related: #4278
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7448931/extending-a-class-with-many-implementation-that-each-have-main-methods-in-scala

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Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-5000?orig=1
Reporter: Kipton Barros (kbarros)
Affected Versions: 2.9.1

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Michael Schmitz (schmmd) said (edited on Sep 23, 2011 1:09:21 AM UTC):
This also causes the same error.

class Foo(t: Any)
class Bar(x: String)
object Bar extends Foo(Bar.param) {
    val param = "bar"
}

error: super constructor cannot be passed a self reference unless parameter is declared by-name

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@paulp said:
More interesting corners arise when classes and their companions reference one another.

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@adriaanm said:
Un-assigning to foster work stealing, as announced in https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/scala-internals/o8WG4plpNkw

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@adriaanm said:
Unassigning and rescheduling to M6 as previous deadline was missed.

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@gkossakowski said:
The 2.11.2 is out so I'm rescheduling the issue for 2.11.3.

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@retronym said:
Updating fix-by version to 2.11.5.