1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index cd9c64594..1501fc048 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -85,16 +85,17 @@ static void patternMatch(EvalState & state,
 {
     ATerm name;
     ATermList formals;
-    Pattern pat1, pat2;
     ATermBool ellipsis;
     
     if (matchVarPat(pat, name)) 
         subs.set(name, arg);
 
-    else if (matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis)) {
+    else if (matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis, name)) {
 
         arg = evalExpr(state, arg);
 
+        if (name != sNoAlias) subs.set(name, arg);
+
         /* Get the actual arguments. */
         ATermMap attrs;
         queryAllAttrs(arg, attrs);
@@ -131,11 +132,6 @@ static void patternMatch(EvalState & state,
                 % aterm2String(attrs.begin()->key));
     }
 
-    else if (matchAtPat(pat, pat1, pat2)) {
-        patternMatch(state, pat1, arg, subs, subsRecursive);
-        patternMatch(state, pat2, arg, subs, subsRecursive);
-    }
-
     else abort();
 }
 
@@ -425,12 +421,11 @@ Path coerceToPath(EvalState & state, Expr e, PathSet & context)
 Expr autoCallFunction(Expr e, const ATermMap & args)
 {
     Pattern pat;
-    ATerm body, pos;
+    ATerm body, pos, name;
     ATermList formals;
     ATermBool ellipsis;
     
-    /* !!! this should be more general */
-    if (matchFunction(e, pat, body, pos) && matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis)) {
+    if (matchFunction(e, pat, body, pos) && matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis, name)) {
         ATermMap actualArgs(ATgetLength(formals));
         
         for (ATermIterator i(formals); i; ++i) {