scala/scala — pull request #1679 by rtyley (2012-11-27 22:55:08+00:00)
Title: Add convenience attribute operator to NodeSeq

Compared to the current method of reading the string text of an attribute:

```
(x \ "@bar").text
```

...the new operator removes the need for a pair of parenthesis and shortens the overall expression by 7 chars :

```
x \@ "bar"
```

Discussion on scala-internals:

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/scala-internals/BZ-tfbebDqE/discussion