2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala
index 9cf5d42e00..c878828aad 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala
@@ -4067,7 +4067,7 @@ trait Typers extends Modes with Adaptations with Tags {
             if ( opt.virtPatmat && !isPastTyper
               && thenp1.tpe.annotations.isEmpty && elsep1.tpe.annotations.isEmpty // annotated types need to be lubbed regardless (at least, continations break if you by pass them like this)
               && thenTp =:= elseTp
-               ) (thenp1.tpe, false) // use unpacked type
+               ) (thenp1.tpe.deconst, false) // use unpacked type. Important to deconst, as is done in ptOrLub, otherwise `if (???) 0 else 0` evaluates to 0 (SI-6331)
             // TODO: skolemize (lub of packed types) when that no longer crashes on files/pos/t4070b.scala
             else ptOrLub(thenp1.tpe :: elsep1.tpe :: Nil, pt)
 
diff --git a/src/partest/scala/tools/partest/package.scala b/src/partest/scala/tools/partest/package.scala
index 08934ef143..49d3ed301c 100644
--- a/src/partest/scala/tools/partest/package.scala
+++ b/src/partest/scala/tools/partest/package.scala
@@ -73,4 +73,31 @@ package object partest {
 
   def isPartestDebug: Boolean =
     propOrEmpty("partest.debug") == "true"
+
+
+  import language.experimental.macros
+
+  /**
+   * `trace("".isEmpty)` will return `true` and as a side effect print the following to standard out.
+   * {{{
+   *   trace> "".isEmpty
+   *   res: Boolean = true
+   *
+   * }}}
+   *
+   * An alternative to [[scala.tools.partest.ReplTest]] that avoids the inconvenience of embedding
+   * test code in a string.
+   */
+  def trace[A](a: A) = macro traceImpl[A]
+
+  import scala.reflect.macros.Context
+  def traceImpl[A: c.AbsTypeTag](c: Context)(a: c.Expr[A]): c.Expr[A] = {
+    import c.universe._
+    val exprCode = c.literal(show(a.tree))
+    val exprType = c.literal(show(a.actualType))
+    reify {
+      println(s"trace> ${exprCode.splice}\nres: ${exprType.splice} = ${a.splice}\n")
+      a.splice
+    }
+  }
 }