From cda0363f29f9fa24e603ca0c375e8f8a0e365ba4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Zinnschlag <marc@zpages.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:51:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow a space in the middle of multi-character comparison
 operators (Fixes #2185)

---
 components/compiler/scanner.cpp | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/components/compiler/scanner.cpp b/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
index 16d54ff51d..203f27e6e8 100644
--- a/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ namespace Compiler
         {
             if (get (c))
             {
+                /// \todo hack to allow a space in comparison operators (add option to disable)
+                if (c==' ')
+                    get (c);
+
                 if (c=='=')
                     special = S_cmpEQ;
                 else
@@ -398,7 +402,7 @@ namespace Compiler
                     special = S_cmpEQ;
                     putback (c);
 //                    return false;
-// Allow = as synonym for ==. \todo optionally disable for post-1.0 scripting improvements.
+/// Allow = as synonym for ==. \todo optionally disable for post-1.0 scripting improvements.
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -411,6 +415,10 @@ namespace Compiler
         {
             if (get (c))
             {
+                /// \todo hack to allow a space in comparison operators (add option to disable)
+                if (c==' ' && !get (c))
+                    return false;
+
                 if (c=='=')
                     special = S_cmpNE;
                 else
@@ -441,6 +449,10 @@ namespace Compiler
         {
             if (get (c))
             {
+                /// \todo hack to allow a space in comparison operators (add option to disable)
+                if (c==' ')
+                    get (c);
+
                 if (c=='=')
                 {
                     special = S_cmpLE;
@@ -461,6 +473,10 @@ namespace Compiler
         {
             if (get (c))
             {
+                /// \todo hack to allow a space in comparison operators (add option to disable)
+                if (c==' ')
+                    get (c);
+
                 if (c=='=')
                 {
                     special = S_cmpGE;