Is there a way to control which implicit conversion will be the default used?

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Scala 2.8 added a prioritization system for implicits. It’s explained in this SIP on the new Java arrays:

When comparing two different applicable alternatives of an overloaded method or of an implicit, each method gets one point for having more specific arguments, and another point for being defined in a proper subclass. An alternative “wins” over another if it gets a greater number of points in these two comparisons

concluding that if alternatives have identical argument types, the one which is defined in a subclass
wins. Hence I believe that you could declare implicits as follows:

trait LowPriorityImplicits {
  //lower priority conversions
}

object HighPriorityImplicits extends LowPriorityImplicits {
  //higher-order ones here
}

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