(Note: I'm using Scala 2.7.7 here, not 2.8).

I'm doing something pretty simple -- creating a map based on the values in a simple, 2-column CSV file -- and I've completed it easily enough, but I'm perplexed at why my first attempt didn't compile. Here's the code:

// Returns Iterator[String]
private def getLines = Source.fromFile(csvFilePath).getLines

// This doesn't compile:
def mapping: Map[String,String] = {
    Map(getLines map { line: String =>
          val pairArr = line.split(",")
          pairArr(0) -> pairArr(1).trim()
        }.toList:_*)
  }

// This DOES compile
def mapping: Map[String,String] = {
    def strPair(line: String): (String,String) = {
      val pairArr = line.split(",")
      pairArr(0) -> pairArr(1).trim()
    }
    Map(getLines.map( strPair(_) ).toList:_*)
  }

The compiler error is

CsvReader.scala:16: error: value toList is not a member of (St ring) => (java.lang.String, java.lang.String) [scalac] possible cause: maybe a semicolon is missing before `value toList'? [scalac]
}.toList:_*) [scalac] ^
[scalac] one error found

So what gives? They seem like they should be equivalent to me, apart from the explicit function definition (vs. anonymous in the nonworking example) and () vs. {}. If I replace the curly braces with parentheses in the nonworking example, the error is "';' expected, but 'val' found." But if I remove the local variable definition and split the string twice AND use parens instead of curly braces, it compiles. Can someone explain this difference to me, preferably with a link to Scala docs explaining the difference between parens and curly braces when used to surround method arguments?