2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/files/neg/negSeq.check b/test/files/neg/negSeq.check
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+negSeq.scala:6: expected pattern type scala.Seq[scala.Int] does not conform to sequence trait List
+    case List(1,2,3) => true // type error: type Seq will not work
+         ^
+one error found
diff --git a/test/files/neg/negSeq.scala b/test/files/neg/negSeq.scala
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+object seqapply_convention { // 2005-02-17 see comment in PatternMatcher::isSeqApply
+
+  val x:Seq[Int] = List(1,2,3);
+
+  x.match {
+    case List(1,2,3) => true // type error: type Seq will not work
+  }
+}