diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Locks.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Locks.kt
index ac6ef86adb7..22a254316da 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Locks.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Locks.kt
@@ -1,47 +1,43 @@
 package kotlin.concurrent
 
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock.ReadLock
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
 import kotlin.InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN
 
 /**
-Executes given calculation under lock
-Returns result of the calculation
-*/
+ * Executes given calculation under lock
+ * Returns result of the calculation
+ */
 public inline fun <T> Lock.withLock([inlineOptions(ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN)] action: () -> T): T {
     lock()
     try {
         return action()
-    }
-    finally {
+    } finally {
         unlock();
     }
 }
 
 /**
-Executes given calculation under read lock
-Returns result of the calculation
-*/
+ * Executes given calculation under read lock
+ * Returns result of the calculation
+ */
 public inline fun <T> ReentrantReadWriteLock.read([inlineOptions(ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN)] action: () -> T): T {
     val rl = readLock()
     rl.lock()
     try {
         return action()
-    }
-    finally {
+    } finally {
         rl.unlock()
     }
 }
 
 /**
-Executes given calculation under write lock.
-The method does upgrade from read to write lock if needed
-If such write has been initiated by checking some condition, the condition must be rechecked inside the action to avoid possible races
-Returns result of the calculation
-*/
+ * Executes given calculation under write lock.
+ * The method does upgrade from read to write lock if needed
+ * If such write has been initiated by checking some condition, the condition must be rechecked inside the action to avoid possible races
+ * Returns result of the calculation
+ */
 public inline fun <T> ReentrantReadWriteLock.write([inlineOptions(ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN)] action: () -> T): T {
     val rl = readLock()
 
@@ -52,20 +48,19 @@ public inline fun <T> ReentrantReadWriteLock.write([inlineOptions(ONLY_LOCAL_RET
     wl.lock()
     try {
         return action()
-    }
-    finally {
+    } finally {
         readCount times { rl.lock() }
         wl.unlock()
     }
 }
 
 /**
-Execute given calculation and await for CountDownLatch
-Returns result of the calculation
-*/
-public fun <T> Int.latch(op: CountDownLatch.() -> T): T {
-    val cdl = CountDownLatch(this)
-    val res = cdl.op()
-    cdl.await()
-    return res
+ * Execute given calculation and await for CountDownLatch
+ * Returns result of the calculation
+ */
+public fun <T> Int.latch(operation: CountDownLatch.() -> T): T {
+    val latch = CountDownLatch(this)
+    val result = latch.operation()
+    latch.await()
+    return result
 }
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Thread.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Thread.kt
index b00ae14389a..8ec701f705a 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Thread.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Thread.kt
@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
 package kotlin.concurrent
 
-import java.util.concurrent.Executor
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
-import java.util.concurrent.Future
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable
+import java.util.concurrent.*
 
 public val currentThread: Thread
     get() = Thread.currentThread()
 
 public var Thread.name: String
     get() = getName()
-    set(name: String) { setName(name) }
+    set(value) {
+        setName(value)
+    }
 
 public var Thread.daemon: Boolean
     get() = isDaemon()
-    set(on: Boolean) { setDaemon(on) }
+    set(value) {
+        setDaemon(value)
+    }
 
 public val Thread.alive: Boolean
     get() = isAlive()
 
 public var Thread.priority: Int
     get() = getPriority()
-    set(prio: Int) { setPriority(prio) }
+    set(value) {
+        setPriority(value)
+    }
 
 public var Thread.contextClassLoader: ClassLoader?
     get() = getContextClassLoader()
-    set(loader: ClassLoader?) { setContextClassLoader(loader) }
+    set(value) {
+        setContextClassLoader(value)
+    }
 
 public fun thread(start: Boolean = true, daemon: Boolean = false, contextClassLoader: ClassLoader? = null, name: String? = null, priority: Int = -1, block: () -> Unit): Thread {
     val thread = object : Thread() {
@@ -50,14 +55,14 @@ public fun thread(start: Boolean = true, daemon: Boolean = false, contextClassLo
  * Allows you to use the executor as a function to
  * execute the given block on the [[Executor]].
  */
-public /*inline*/ fun Executor.invoke(action: () -> Unit) {
-    execute(runnable(action))
+public fun Executor.invoke(action: () -> Unit) {
+    execute(action)
 }
 
 /**
-* Allows you to use the executor as a function to
-* execute the given block on the [[Executor]].
-*/
-public /*inline*/ fun <T>ExecutorService.invoke(action: () -> T): Future<T> {
+ * Allows you to use the executor as a function to
+ * execute the given block on the [[Executor]].
+ */
+public fun <T> ExecutorService.invoke(action: () -> T): Future<T> {
     return submit(action)
 }
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diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Timer.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Timer.kt
index 4f316d6415b..d2244c21149 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Timer.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/concurrent/Timer.kt
@@ -4,67 +4,67 @@ import java.util.Timer
 import java.util.TimerTask
 import java.util.Date
 
-public fun Timer.schedule(delay: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask {
+public fun Timer.schedule(delay: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask {
     val task = timerTask(action)
     schedule(task, delay)
     return task
 }
 
-public fun Timer.schedule(time: Date, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask {
+public fun Timer.schedule(time: Date, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask {
     val task = timerTask(action)
     schedule(task, time)
     return task
 }
 
-public fun Timer.schedule(delay: Long, period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask {
+public fun Timer.schedule(delay: Long, period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask {
     val task = timerTask(action)
     schedule(task, delay, period)
     return task
 }
 
-public fun Timer.schedule(time: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask {
+public fun Timer.schedule(time: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask {
     val task = timerTask(action)
     schedule(task, time, period)
     return task
 }
 
-public fun Timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(delay: Long, period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask {
+public fun Timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(delay: Long, period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask {
     val task = timerTask(action)
     scheduleAtFixedRate(task, delay, period)
     return task
 }
 
-public fun Timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(time: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask {
+public fun Timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(time: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask {
     val task = timerTask(action)
     scheduleAtFixedRate(task, time, period)
     return task
 }
 
-public fun timer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, initialDelay: Long = 0.toLong(), period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : Timer {
-    val timer = if(name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
+public fun timer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, initialDelay: Long = 0.toLong(), period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): Timer {
+    val timer = if (name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
     timer.schedule(initialDelay, period, action)
     return timer
 }
 
-public fun timer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, startAt: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : Timer {
-    val timer = if(name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
+public fun timer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, startAt: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): Timer {
+    val timer = if (name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
     timer.schedule(startAt, period, action)
     return timer
 }
 
-public fun fixedRateTimer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, initialDelay: Long = 0.toLong(), period: Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : Timer {
-    val timer = if(name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
+public fun fixedRateTimer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, initialDelay: Long = 0.toLong(), period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): Timer {
+    val timer = if (name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
     timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(initialDelay, period, action)
     return timer
 }
 
-public fun fixedRateTimer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, startAt: Date, period : Long, action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : Timer {
-    val timer = if(name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
+public fun fixedRateTimer(name: String? = null, daemon: Boolean = false, startAt: Date, period: Long, action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): Timer {
+    val timer = if (name == null) Timer(daemon) else Timer(name, daemon)
     timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(startAt, period, action)
     return timer
 }
 
-public fun timerTask(action: TimerTask.()->Unit) : TimerTask = object: TimerTask() {
+public fun timerTask(action: TimerTask.() -> Unit): TimerTask = object : TimerTask() {
     public override fun run() {
         action()
     }
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/concurrent/TimerTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/concurrent/TimerTest.kt
index e3830608af3..f27731e590b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/concurrent/TimerTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/concurrent/TimerTest.kt
@@ -12,23 +12,15 @@ class TimerTest {
     test fun scheduledTask() {
         val counter = AtomicInteger(0)
         val timer = Timer()
-        /*
-        TODO this generates a compiler error!
 
-            val task = timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(1000, 1000) {
+        val task = timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(1000, 100) {
             val current = counter.incrementAndGet()
             println("Timer fired at $current")
         }
-        */
-        val task = timerTask {
-            val current = counter.incrementAndGet()
-            println("Timer fired at $current")
-        }
-        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, 1000, 1000)
-        Thread.sleep(5000)
+        Thread.sleep(1500)
         task.cancel()
 
         val value = counter.get()
-        assertTrue(value > 2, "current counter is $value")
+        assertTrue(value > 4, "current counter is $value")
     }
 }
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