sub _parseChar
  {
    my( $parser,$string ) = @_;

    if( $state_stack[-1] =~ /dataType|label|op|sep/ )
    {
        $value .= $string;
    }
    else
    {
        csWarn( class=>csErrorClass('CODE_PARAMS'),severity=>csErrorScale('MODERATE'),
                message => 'illegal syntax in Resource File',
                debug => "illegal syntax: bare string '$string' out of context")
        and return undef unless $string =~ /\s+/;   <=== here
    }
  }