From 63ddf558dfc5d0de0f9b9d8a2c7f27f11e7fd916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor Olding <cloningdonor@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 21:37:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] parse variable definitions as expressions

---
 lips/Lexer.lua | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lips/Lexer.lua b/lips/Lexer.lua
index 22cd5cb..ed01e27 100644
--- a/lips/Lexer.lua
+++ b/lips/Lexer.lua
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@ function Lexer:lex(_yield)
             end
             self:nextc()
             yield('VAR', buff)
+            self:read_spaces()
+            if self.chr == '@' then
+                -- old syntax; nothing to do here
+            else
+                buff = self:read_chars('[^\n]')
+                yield('EXPR', buff)
+            end
         elseif self.chr == ']' then
             self:error('unmatched closing bracket')
         elseif self.chr == '(' then