That wasn't really what I needed, but the idea of the wrapper rule was. I wanted if(foo) {bar} to be treated as if(foo) {bar};, but I didn't want to lose the autotree behavior. So here's what I came up with:

block:
    BLOCK
    { $text=';'.$text; $return=$item{BLOCK} }

BLOCK:
    '{' statements '}'                |
    <error>
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Simple and sensible.

PS: I didn't know you had an account here. Apparently I'm in even better company than I thought. :^)

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--Brent Dax
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