[project @ 2005-12-12 14:22:30 by simonmar]

Prevent --:  from being interpreted as a comment

diff --git a/ghc/compiler/parser/Lexer.x b/ghc/compiler/parser/Lexer.x
index 407b5fa..eb00e90 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/compiler/parser/Lexer.x
+++ b/ghc/compiler/parser/Lexer.x
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ $white_no_nl+                               ;
 -- have to exclude those.
 -- The regex says: "munch all the characters after the dashes, as long as
 -- the first one is not a symbol".
-"--"\-* [^$symbol] .*                  ;
+"--"\-* [^$symbol :] .*                        ;
 "--"\-* / { atEOL }                    ;
 
 -- 'bol' state: beginning of a line.  Slurp up all the whitespace (including