// Syntax: thread { doSomething(); }
// Short for: new Thread() { public void run() { doSomething(); }}.start();
// similar for daemon {}

!592 1000265 // auto-importer, standard function adder 

public class main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    String s = loadMainJava();
    
    Pattern regex = Pattern.compile("(thread|daemon)\\s*\\{");
    
    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      if (i == 99) System.out.println("Warning: 100 iterations!");
      Matcher matcher = regex.matcher(s);
      if (!matcher.find())
        break;

      int start = matcher.start(), end = matcher.end();
      int endOfBlock = findEndOfBlock(s, end);
      boolean daemon = matcher.group().startsWith("d");
      
      String var = "_t_" + i;
      String code = "Thread " + var + " = new Thread() {\n" +
        "public void run() {\n" +
        "try {\n" +
        s.substring(end, endOfBlock) + "} catch (Exception _e) {\n" +
          "  throw _e instanceof RuntimeException ? (RuntimeException) _e : new RuntimeException(_e); } }\n};\n" +
        (daemon ? var + ".setDaemon(true);\n" : "") +
        var + ".start();";
      s = s.substring(0, start) + code + s.substring(endOfBlock+1);
    }
    
    saveMainJava(s);
  }
  
  // start is the index AFTER the opening bracket
  // returns index OF closing bracket
  static int findEndOfBlock(String s, int start) {
    int level = 1;
    for (int i = start; i < s.length(); i++) {
      if (s.charAt(i) == '{') ++level;
      else if (s.charAt(i) == '}') --level;
      if (level == 0)
        return i;
    }
    return s.length();
  }
}

Began life as a copy of #673