object Test { def main(args: Array[String]) { /* PiS example, minus a brace val yearMade = 1965 val old = { if (yearMade < 2000) yearMade} else xml.NodeSeq.Empty } println(old) */ // bad brace or paren after _* // actually, we know it's a bad paren... // we skip it because not in a context looking for rparen val xyear = 1965 val ancient = { val when = xyear match { case {_*)} => y case _ => "2035" } {when} } println(ancient) val xml = appleboychild // bad brace or paren after _* val {a, z@_*)} = xml println("A for "+ a +", ending with "+ z) } }