Actor.start() returns this

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala b/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala
index 8aa465e104..e9159f6cba 100644
--- a/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala
+++ b/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala
@@ -612,8 +612,9 @@ trait Actor extends OutputChannel[Any] {
   /**
    * Starts this actor.
    */
-  def start() {
+  def start(): Actor = {
     Scheduler start new Reaction(this)
+    this
   }
 
   def loop(body: => Unit): Nothing =
diff --git a/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/NetKernel.scala b/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/NetKernel.scala
index 45c7ae7c9e..e9cee3cc6b 100644
--- a/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/NetKernel.scala
+++ b/src/actors/scala/actors/remote/NetKernel.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class NetKernel(service: Service) {
                 }
               }
             }
-            senderProxy.start()
+            senderProxy.start(); {}
           case None =>
             // message is lost
         }