1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/NameTransformer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/NameTransformer.scala
index 330d513fe..52f8e6ec0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/NameTransformer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/NameTransformer.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ object NameTransformer {
    *  @param name the string to encode
    *  @return     the string with all recognized opchars replaced with their encoding
    */
-  def encode[N <: Name](name: N): N = {
+  def encode(name: SimpleTermName): SimpleTermName = {
     var buf: StringBuilder = null
     val len = name.length
     var i = 0
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ object NameTransformer {
       i += 1
     }
     if (buf eq null) name
-    else if (name.isTermName) buf.toString.toTermName.asInstanceOf[N]
-    else buf.toString.toTypeName.asInstanceOf[N]
+    else termName(buf.toString)
   }
 
   /** Replace `\$opname` by corresponding operator symbol.