2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sources/scalac/ast/TreeInfo.java b/sources/scalac/ast/TreeInfo.java
index 6321fc280b..ed442bdf5d 100644
--- a/sources/scalac/ast/TreeInfo.java
+++ b/sources/scalac/ast/TreeInfo.java
@@ -294,4 +294,12 @@ public class TreeInfo {
             return false;
       }
 
+    /** @todo replace with cleaner test (e.g. of a symbol flag)
+     */
+    public static boolean isNameOfStarPattern( Name n ) {
+        String s = n.toString();
+        return (s.indexOf("$") != -1)
+            &&(!s.startsWith("nest"));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/sources/scalac/transformer/matching/BerrySethi.java b/sources/scalac/transformer/matching/BerrySethi.java
index 2a1aecf29e..1de1a0f192 100644
--- a/sources/scalac/transformer/matching/BerrySethi.java
+++ b/sources/scalac/transformer/matching/BerrySethi.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package scalac.transformer.matching ;
 
 import scalac.ApplicationError ;
 import scalac.ast.Tree ;
+import scalac.ast.TreeInfo ;
 import scalac.util.Name ;
 import Tree.* ;
 
@@ -17,11 +18,15 @@ import java.util.* ;
 class BerrySethi {
 
       boolean isStar( Name n ) {
+          return TreeInfo.isNameOfStarPattern( n );
+      }
+    /*
+
             String s = n.toString();
             return (s.indexOf("$") != -1)
                   &&(!s.startsWith("nest"));
       }
-
+    */
 
       HashSet labels;