3 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/library/scala/Enumeration.scala b/src/library/scala/Enumeration.scala
index 59be0cdfa3..d4b9c17eab 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/Enumeration.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/Enumeration.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ package scala
 import scala.collection.{ mutable, immutable, generic, SortedSetLike, AbstractSet }
 import java.lang.reflect.{ Modifier, Method => JMethod, Field => JField }
 import scala.reflect.NameTransformer._
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
+import scala.util.matching.Regex
 
 /** Defines a finite set of values specific to the enumeration. Typically
  *  these values enumerate all possible forms something can take and provide
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ abstract class Enumeration (initial: Int) extends Serializable {
    */
   override def toString =
     ((getClass.getName stripSuffix MODULE_SUFFIX_STRING split '.').last split
-       Pattern.quote(NAME_JOIN_STRING)).last
+       Regex.quote(NAME_JOIN_STRING)).last
 
   /** The mapping from the integer used to identify values to the actual
     * values. */
diff --git a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/StringLike.scala b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/StringLike.scala
index 5a0d24ddd2..43d46cf4d0 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/StringLike.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/StringLike.scala
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ self =>
    *  @return               the resulting string
    */
   def replaceAllLiterally(literal: String, replacement: String): String = {
-    val arg1 = java.util.regex.Pattern.quote(literal)
-    val arg2 = java.util.regex.Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement)
+    val arg1 = Regex.quote(literal)
+    val arg2 = Regex.quoteReplacement(replacement)
 
     toString.replaceAll(arg1, arg2)
   }
diff --git a/src/library/scala/util/matching/Regex.scala b/src/library/scala/util/matching/Regex.scala
index 22dbb37789..86132bb876 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/util/matching/Regex.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/util/matching/Regex.scala
@@ -704,6 +704,14 @@ object Regex {
     def replace(rs: String) = matcher.appendReplacement(sb, rs)
   }
 
+  /** Quotes strings to be used literally in regex patterns.
+   *
+   *  All regex metacharacters in the input match themselves literally in the output.
+   *
+   *  @example {{{List("US$", "CAN$").map(Regex.quote).mkString("|").r}}}
+   */
+  def quote(text: String): String = Pattern quote text
+
   /** Quotes replacement strings to be used in replacement methods.
    *
    *  Replacement methods give special meaning to backslashes (`\`) and