Return Apply from appliedTo

Author: nicolasstucki

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/tpd.scala

@@ -891,19 +891,19 @@ object tpd extends Trees.Instance[Type] with TypedTreeInfo {
       selectWithSig(sym.name, sym.signature)
 
     /** A unary apply node with given argument: `tree(arg)` */
-    def appliedTo(arg: Tree)(using Context): Tree =
+    def appliedTo(arg: Tree)(using Context): Apply =
       appliedToArgs(arg :: Nil)
 
     /** An apply node with given arguments: `tree(arg, args0, ..., argsN)` */
-    def appliedTo(arg: Tree, args: Tree*)(using Context): Tree =
+    def appliedTo(arg: Tree, args: Tree*)(using Context): Apply =
       appliedToArgs(arg :: args.toList)
 
     /** An apply node with given argument list `tree(args(0), ..., args(args.length - 1))` */
     def appliedToArgs(args: List[Tree])(using Context): Apply =
       Apply(tree, args)
 
     /** An applied node that accepts only varargs as arguments */
-    def appliedToVarargs(args: List[Tree], tpt: Tree)(using Context): Tree =
+    def appliedToVarargs(args: List[Tree], tpt: Tree)(using Context): Apply =
       appliedTo(repeated(args, tpt))
 
     /** The current tree applied to given argument lists:

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/ReifyQuotes.scala

@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class ReifyQuotes extends MacroTransform {
             if (tree.isType)
               transformSpliceType(body, body.select(tpnme.spliceType))
             else
-              val splice = ref(defn.InternalQuoted_exprSplice).appliedToType(tree.tpe).appliedTo(body).asInstanceOf[Apply]
+              val splice = ref(defn.InternalQuoted_exprSplice).appliedToType(tree.tpe).appliedTo(body)
               transformSplice(body, splice)
 
           case tree: DefDef if tree.symbol.is(Macro) && level == 0 =>