1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/MutableSettings.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/MutableSettings.scala
index e7959f36b2..a52e3b8bbe 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/MutableSettings.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/MutableSettings.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class MutableSettings(val errorFn: String => Unit)
     settings
   }
 
-  protected def copyInto(settings: MutableSettings) {
+  def copyInto(settings: MutableSettings) {
     allSettings foreach { thisSetting =>
       val otherSetting = settings.allSettings find { _.name == thisSetting.name }
       otherSetting foreach { otherSetting =>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class MutableSettings(val errorFn: String => Unit)
       val (p, args) = StringOps.splitWhere(s, _ == ':', true) getOrElse (return None)
 
       // any non-Nil return value means failure and we return s unmodified
-      tryToSetIfExists(p, args split "," toList, (s: Setting) => s.tryToSetColon _)
+      tryToSetIfExists(p, (args split ",").toList, (s: Setting) => s.tryToSetColon _)
     }
 
     // if arg is of form -Xfoo or -Xfoo bar (name = "-Xfoo")