---

yaml
---
r: 4029
b: refs/heads/master
c: 8a7f2e0
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  4027: febcc81
v: v3

Author: catamorphism

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 67e9fe512ce7cf7dbd7748e7270f555258ddadab
+refs/heads/master: 8a7f2e0fe5d4fccd9796795fa76ac749e3444de1

trunk/src/comp/syntax/parse/parser.rs

@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ fn parse_lit(&parser p) -> ast::lit {
                 p.bump();
                 lit = ast::lit_str(p.get_str(s), ast::sk_rc);
             }
+            case (token::LPAREN) {
+                p.bump();
+                expect(p, token::RPAREN);
+                lit = ast::lit_nil;
+            }
             case (?t) { unexpected(p, t); }
         }
     }

trunk/src/test/run-pass/nil-pattern.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// xfail-stage0
+fn main() {
+  auto x = ();
+  alt (x) {
+    case (()) {
+    }
+  }
+}