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-rw-r--r--src/library/scala/Symbol.scala5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala b/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala
index dfb246a493..112764a223 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ final case class Symbol(name: String) {
*
* @return the unique reference to this symbol.
*/
- def intern: Symbol = synchronized { internedSymbols get name match {
- case Some(sym) if sym.isValid => sym.apply
+ def intern: Symbol = synchronized {
+ internedSymbols.get(name).map(.get).getOrElse(None) match {
+ case Some(sym) => sym
case _ =>
internedSymbols(name) = new ref.WeakReference(this); this
} }