1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/expr-to-xml.cc b/src/libexpr/expr-to-xml.cc
index e401001ea..9b3062804 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/expr-to-xml.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/expr-to-xml.cc
@@ -44,23 +44,19 @@ static void printPatternAsXML(Pattern pat, XMLWriter & doc)
 {
     ATerm name;
     ATermList formals;
-    Pattern pat1, pat2;
     ATermBool ellipsis;
     if (matchVarPat(pat, name))
         doc.writeEmptyElement("varpat", singletonAttrs("name", aterm2String(name)));
-    else if (matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis)) {
-        XMLOpenElement _(doc, "attrspat");
+    else if (matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis, name)) {
+        XMLAttrs attrs;
+        if (name != sNoAlias) attrs["name"] = aterm2String(name);
+        if (ellipsis == eTrue) attrs["ellipsis"] = "1";
+        XMLOpenElement _(doc, "attrspat", attrs);
         for (ATermIterator i(formals); i; ++i) {
             Expr name; ATerm dummy;
             if (!matchFormal(*i, name, dummy)) abort();
             doc.writeEmptyElement("attr", singletonAttrs("name", aterm2String(name)));
         }
-        if (ellipsis == eTrue) doc.writeEmptyElement("ellipsis");
-    }
-    else if (matchAtPat(pat, pat1, pat2)) {
-        XMLOpenElement _(doc, "at");
-        printPatternAsXML(pat1, doc);
-        printPatternAsXML(pat2, doc);
     }
 }