From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:22:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [project @ 2005-12-12 14:22:30 by simonmar]
X-Git-Tag: final_switch_to_darcs,_this_repo_is_now_live~101
X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b9bf4ab28ad7bd7c33e08065859a3add2660707d

[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
--- 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