[erlang-questions] erl_scan:scan_dot issue

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

Hi,

This is something from at least R13, the git repository only goes that far.

erl_scan:scan_dot contains these clauses

scan_dot([$\n=C|Cs], St, Line, Col, Toks, Ncs) ->
    Attrs = attributes(Line, Col, St, Ncs++[C]),
    {ok,[{dot,Attrs}|Toks],Cs,Line+1,new_column(Col, 1)};
scan_dot([C|Cs], St, Line, Col, Toks, Ncs) when ?WHITE_SPACE(C) ->
    Attrs = attributes(Line, Col, St, Ncs++[C]),
    {ok,[{dot,Attrs}|Toks],Cs,Line,incr_column(Col, 2)};

Why is whitespace conflated with the dot in the token? I have an old
version of the scanner that doesn't have these clauses and when I am
now trying to use the OTP scanner, there are errors all over the place
because of that....

best regards,
Vlad