Block add a pair of brackets unexpectly.

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scala> import reflect.runtime.universe._
import reflect.runtime.universe._

scala> Block(Ident("foo"))
res0: reflect.runtime.universe.Block =
{
  foo;
  ()
}

The pair of brackets change the result type to Unit, and I want it just be a foo.

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Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-6696?orig=1
Reporter: @Atry
Affected Versions: 2.10.0-RC2

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@retronym said (edited on Nov 21, 2012 8:30:17 AM UTC):
Eugene: is this intentional?

{code:title=src/reflect/scala/reflect/internal/Trees.scala}
/** Block factory that flattens directly nested blocks.
/
def Block(stats: Tree): Block = {
if (stats.isEmpty) Block(Nil, Literal(Constant(())))
else stats match {
case Seq(b @ Block(_, )) => b
case Seq(stat) => Block(stats.toList, Literal(Constant(())))
case Seq(, rest @ _*) => Block(stats.init.toList, stats.last)
}
}
{code}

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@xeno-by said:
@杨博: Use Block(Nil, Ident("foo")) instead.

@jason: It looks like we need to jettison all the "helper" tree factory methods I exposed from the compiler. Ident("foo") without explicitly specifying newTermName gives me shivers.

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@xeno-by said:
I'm closing this issue, because it's not a bug per se, just a problem with misleading methods that made it to the public API.

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@xeno-by said:
scala/scala#1654