Merge pull request #1979 from retronym/backport/1499

[backport] Fix for SI-6206, inconsistency with apply.

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/files/run/t6206.check b/test/files/run/t6206.check
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8064573667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/t6206.check
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+outer
+outer
+inner
+inner
diff --git a/test/files/run/t6206.scala b/test/files/run/t6206.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07ff246d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/t6206.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+class Outer {
+  def apply( position : Inner ) {}
+  class Inner
+
+  this.apply(new Inner)
+  this (new Inner) // error,
+}
+
+
+class Outer1 {
+
+  self =>
+
+  def apply( position : Inner ) : String = "outer"
+
+  class Inner( ) {
+
+    def apply(arg: Inner): String = "inner"
+
+    def testMe = {
+      List(
+        self.apply( this ), // a) this works
+        self( this ), // b) this does not work!
+        this apply this,
+        this(this)
+      ) foreach println
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val o = new Outer1
+    val i = new o.Inner
+    i.testMe
+  }
+}