Allow unquoted string arguments to start with . and -

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 0.48.0
 ------
 
-    
+    Bug #3846: Strings starting with "-" fail to compile if not enclosed in quotes
 
 0.47.0
 ------

components/compiler/exprparser.cpp

@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ namespace Compiler
 
                 if (argument=='c') stringParser.smashCase();
                 if (argument=='x') stringParser.discard();
+                scanner.enableExpectName();
                 scanner.scan (stringParser);
 
                 if ((optional || argument=='x') && stringParser.isEmpty())

components/compiler/scanner.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Compiler
         {
             mStrictKeywords = false;
             mTolerantNames = false;
+            mExpectName = false;
             mLoc.mColumn = 0;
             ++mLoc.mLine;
             mLoc.mLiteral.clear();
@@ -416,12 +417,13 @@ namespace Compiler
             special = S_close;
         else if (c=='.')
         {
+            MultiChar next;
             // check, if this starts a float literal
-            if (get (c))
+            if (get (next))
             {
-                putback (c);
+                putback (next);
 
-                if (c.isDigit())
+                if (next.isDigit())
                     return scanFloat ("", parser, cont);
             }
 
@@ -476,13 +478,14 @@ namespace Compiler
         }
         else if (c.isMinusSign())
         {
-            if (get (c))
+            MultiChar next;
+            if (get (next))
             {
-                if (c=='>')
+                if (next=='>')
                     special = S_ref;
                 else
                 {
-                    putback (c);
+                    putback (next);
                     special = S_minus;
                 }
             }
@@ -558,6 +561,15 @@ namespace Compiler
 
         if (special==S_newline)
             mLoc.mLiteral = "<newline>";
+        else if (mExpectName && (special == S_member || special == S_minus))
+        {
+            mExpectName = false;
+            bool tolerant = mTolerantNames;
+            mTolerantNames = true;
+            bool out = scanName(c, parser, cont);
+            mTolerantNames = tolerant;
+            return out;
+        }
 
         TokenLoc loc (mLoc);
         mLoc.mLiteral.clear();
@@ -590,13 +602,14 @@ namespace Compiler
         const Extensions *extensions)
     : mErrorHandler (errorHandler), mStream (inputStream), mExtensions (extensions),
       mPutback (Putback_None), mPutbackCode(0), mPutbackInteger(0), mPutbackFloat(0),
-      mStrictKeywords (false), mTolerantNames (false), mIgnoreNewline(false)
+      mStrictKeywords (false), mTolerantNames (false), mIgnoreNewline(false), mExpectName(false)
     {
     }
 
     void Scanner::scan (Parser& parser)
     {
         while (scanToken (parser));
+        mExpectName = false;
     }
 
     void Scanner::putbackSpecial (int code, const TokenLoc& loc)
@@ -657,4 +670,9 @@ namespace Compiler
     {
         mTolerantNames = true;
     }
+
+    void Scanner::enableExpectName()
+    {
+        mExpectName = true;
+    }
 }

components/compiler/scanner.hpp

@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ namespace Compiler
             bool mStrictKeywords;
             bool mTolerantNames;
             bool mIgnoreNewline;
+            bool mExpectName;
 
         public:
 
@@ -286,6 +287,11 @@ namespace Compiler
             ///
             /// \attention This mode lasts only until the next newline is reached.
             void enableTolerantNames();
+
+            /// Treat '.' and '-' as the start of a name.
+            ///
+            /// \attention This mode lasts only until the next newline is reached or the call to scan ends.
+            void enableExpectName();
     };
 }