1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/actors/message.scala b/docs/examples/actors/message.scala
index 303dcbe9e1..9158fef695 100644
--- a/docs/examples/actors/message.scala
+++ b/docs/examples/actors/message.scala
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package examples.actors
 
-import scala.actors._; import scala.actors.Actor._
+import scala.actors._
+import scala.actors.Actor._
 
 object message {
-  def main(args: Array[String]) = {
-    val n = try { Integer.parseInt(args(0)) }
+  def main(args: Array[String]) {
+    val n = try { args(0).toInt }
     catch {
       case _ =>
         println("Usage: examples.actors.message <n>")
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@ object message {
     val finalSum = n * nActors
     Scheduler.impl = new SingleThreadedScheduler
 
-    def beh(next: Actor, sum: int): unit =
+    def beh(next: Actor, sum: Int) {
       react {
-        case value: int =>
+        case value: Int =>
           val j = value + 1; val nsum = sum + j
           if (next == null && nsum >= n * j)
             println(nsum)
@@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ object message {
             if (nsum < n * j) beh(next, nsum)
           }
       }
+    }
 
     def actorChain(i: Int, a: Actor): Actor =
       if (i > 0) actorChain(i-1, actor(beh(a, 0))) else a
 
     val firstActor = actorChain(nActors, null)
-    var i = n; while (i > 0) { firstActor ! 0; i = i-1 }
+    var i = n; while (i > 0) { firstActor ! 0; i -= 1 }
   }
 }