3 files changed, 21 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/MarkupParser.scala b/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/MarkupParser.scala
index 6b0894abe4..a33e7fc810 100644
--- a/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/MarkupParser.scala
+++ b/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/MarkupParser.scala
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ class MarkupParser( unit:Unit, s:Scanner, p:Parser, preserveWS:boolean ) {
           s.xNext;
           gen.mkStringLit( pos, tmp )
         case '{' =>
+          s.xNext;
           xScalaExpr;
         case _ =>
 	  s.xSyntaxError( "' or \" delimited attribute value or '{' scala-expr '}' expected" );
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ class MarkupParser( unit:Unit, s:Scanner, p:Parser, preserveWS:boolean ) {
   /* [42]  '<' xmlEndTag ::=  '<' '/' Name S? '>'                 */
   def xEndTag( n:Name ) = {
     s.xToken('/');
-    if( n != s.xName ) s.xSyntaxError( "expected closing tag of " + n );
+    if(n != s.xName) s.xSyntaxError( "expected closing tag of " + n );
     s.xSpaceOpt;
     s.xToken('>')
   }
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ class MarkupParser( unit:Unit, s:Scanner, p:Parser, preserveWS:boolean ) {
   def xScalaExpr:Tree = {
     s.xSync;
     val b = p.expr(true,false);
-    if( s.token != RBRACE )
+    if(s.token != RBRACE)
       s.xSyntaxError(" expected end of Scala block");
     return b
   }
@@ -430,8 +431,8 @@ class MarkupParser( unit:Unit, s:Scanner, p:Parser, preserveWS:boolean ) {
    */
   def xExpr:Tree = {
     var pos = s.pos;
-    val Tuple2( elemName, attrMap ) = xTag;
-    if( s.ch == '/' ) { // empty element
+    val Tuple2(elemName, attrMap) = xTag;
+    if(s.ch == '/') { // empty element
       s.xToken('/');
       s.xToken('>');
       makeXML( pos, elemName, Tree.EMPTY_ARRAY, attrMap );
@@ -523,6 +524,8 @@ class MarkupParser( unit:Unit, s:Scanner, p:Parser, preserveWS:boolean ) {
   }
 
 
+  /** xScalaPatterns  ::= patterns
+   */
   def xScalaPatterns:Array[Tree] = {
     s.xSync;
     val b = p.patterns();
@@ -565,6 +568,7 @@ class MarkupParser( unit:Unit, s:Scanner, p:Parser, preserveWS:boolean ) {
           }
           case '{' => // embedded Scala patterns
             while( s.ch == '{' ) {
+              s.nextch();
               ts.append( xScalaPatterns );
             }
             // postcond: s.xScalaBlock = false;
diff --git a/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/Scanner.scala b/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/Scanner.scala
index 8acc2d78b2..bf5a7c6100 100644
--- a/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/Scanner.scala
+++ b/sources/scala/tools/scalac/ast/parser/Scanner.scala
@@ -888,15 +888,18 @@ class Scanner(_unit: Unit) extends TokenData {
     }
   }
 
-  // start XML tokenizing.
+  // start XML tokenizing methods
   // prod. [i] refers to productions in http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml
 
+  /** calls nextToken, starting the scanning of Scala tokens,
+  *   after XML tokens.
+  */
+
   def xSync = {
-    token = SEMI; // last token might have been RBRACE, avoid SEMI
-    pos = Position.encode( cline,ccol );
-    nextch();
-    nextToken();
+    token = SEMI; // avoid getting SEMI from nextToken if last was RBRACE
     xScalaBlock = false;
+    //nextch();
+    nextToken();
   }
 
   def xSyntaxError(s:String) = {
diff --git a/test/files/jvm/xmlLiterals.scala b/test/files/jvm/xmlLiterals.scala
index 13b2591790..f3ee124d33 100644
--- a/test/files/jvm/xmlLiterals.scala
+++ b/test/files/jvm/xmlLiterals.scala
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ object Test03Servlet {
       <body>
         <h2>Welcome</h2>
         <p>
-          { headerMsg }
+          {headerMsg }
         </p>
         <p>
           { ns:_* }
         </p>
         <hr/>
         <p>
-          { footerMsg }
+          {footerMsg}
         </p>
         <h2>Bye!</h2>
       </body>
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ object Test03Servlet {
   /** this is a recursive procedure that adds some attributes to the tree
    */
   def beautify( n:Node ):Node = n match {
-    case <td>{ xs @ _* }</td> =>
+    case <td>{xs @ _* }</td> =>
           <td bgcolor="#AAAAFF" color="#222255">{ xs:_* }</td>
 
     case <table>{ xs @ _* }</table> =>
-          <table align="center">{ beautify( xs ):_* }</table>
+          <table align="center">{ beautify( xs ):_*}</table>
 
     case Elem( label, _, xs @ _* ) =>
           new Elem( label, beautify( xs ):_*)
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ object Test03Servlet {
     val tryBrace = <try>Now escaped {{ braces } </try>;
     assertEquals( tryBrace, Elem("try",e,Text("Now escaped { braces }")));
 
-    val tryBrace2 = <try myAttrib={ (3+4).toString() }> cool ?</try>;
+    val tryBrace2 = <try myAttrib={(3+4).toString() }> cool ?</try>;
     assertEquals( tryBrace2.attribute("myAttrib"), "7" );
 
     /* Scala comments are not allowed in XML literals. see neg(2) */