scala/scala — pull request #1134 by adriaanm (2012-08-14 09:48:42+00:00)
Title: patmat tweaks: compiler performance, better error on unsupported pattern

(rework of #1112)

- do not catch StackOverflowError: @gkossakowski diagnosed it to be killing compiler performance
- Roland reported hitting the unsupported pattern branch in translatePattern in akka code, so providing some diagnostics and a nicer error message to figure out what's going on

review by @gkossakowski (/cc @paulp)