adds internal.subpatterns

As per Denys’s request, this commit exposes the hack that we use to
obtain subpatterns of UnApply nodes. This is useful when writing
quasiquoting macros that do pattern matching.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Universe.scala b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Universe.scala
index 15fd6bad99..e69805cfc1 100644
--- a/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Universe.scala
+++ b/src/reflect/scala/reflect/macros/Universe.scala
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ abstract class Universe extends scala.reflect.api.Universe {
      *  @group Macros
      */
     def capturedVariableType(vble: Symbol): Type
+
+    /** Retrieves the untyped list of subpatterns attached to selector dummy of an UnApply node.
+     *  Useful in writing quasiquoting macros that do pattern matching.
+     */
+    def subpatterns(tree: Tree): List[Tree]
   }
 
   /** @group Internal */