listamsb: XXX comment for TOK_ELSE in need_space_between().HEADmaster

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/listamsb.c b/listamsb.c
index 2581a61..b0ce957 100644
--- a/listamsb.c
+++ b/listamsb.c
@@ -618,6 +618,16 @@ int need_space_between(int ext1, int ext2, unsigned char t1, unsigned char t2) {
 		if(t2 == TOK_AND) return 1;
 		if(t2 == TOK_OR) return 1;
 		if(t2 == TOK_NOT) return 1;
+
+		/* XXX: this isn't ideal. This line:
+		     10 IF A THEN PRINT "OK" ELSE GOTO 100
+		   ...gets crunched to:
+		     10 IFATHENPRINT "OK"ELSEGOTO100
+		   ...but it decrunches to:
+		     10 IF A THEN PRINT "OK" : ELSE GOTO 100
+         ...which works OK, but the : really shouldn't appear.
+		   the trouble is, we only look ahead one token. */
+		if(t2 == TOK_ELSE) return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(isalnum(t1last)) {