From e2620a1edf23fde29e42b926d56d14efe62d0068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Zinnschlag <marc@zpages.de>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 11:38:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #694: allow float literals starting with .

---
 components/compiler/scanner.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/compiler/scanner.cpp b/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
index a547e6ec5f..38e0c353dc 100644
--- a/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/scanner.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,18 @@ namespace Compiler
         else if (c==')')
             special = S_close;
         else if (c=='.')
+        {
+            // check, if this starts a float literal
+            if (get (c))
+            {
+                putback (c);
+
+                if (std::isdigit (c))
+                    return scanFloat ("", parser, cont);
+            }
+
             special = S_member;
+        }
         else if (c=='=')
         {
             if (get (c))