in reply to Re^2: Mysterious "syntax error"
in thread Mysterious "syntax error"
If you wanna take a look at the logic of the guess, take a look in toke.c and search for OP_MAPSTART. It's at line 4000 in the 5..8.5 source.
(I think) The logic for making the guess starts at the comment /* Is this a word before a => operator? */ a few lines below and extends for 100 lines or so. The comments, (if not the code :), make interesting reading as to just how complex this is.
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