From fd909433c74372968d34d9cad8f4458ab60e19b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Pit <perl@profvince.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:33:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow "{sub f}" to compile

---
 t/comp/parser.t | 7 ++++++-
 toke.c          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/comp/parser.t b/t/comp/parser.t
index 05c8d65..65315bc 100644
--- a/t/comp/parser.t
+++ b/t/comp/parser.t
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Checks if the parser behaves correctly in edge cases
 # (including weird syntax errors)
 
-print "1..117\n";
+print "1..118\n";
 
 sub failed {
     my ($got, $expected, $name) = @_;
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ like($@, qr/BEGIN failed--compilation aborted/, 'BEGIN 7' );
   like($@, qr/Identifier too long/, "too long id ticket case");
 }
 
+{
+  eval qq[ {sub zlonk} ];
+  is($@, '', 'sub declaration followed by a closing curly');
+}
+
 # Add new tests HERE:
 
 # More awkward tests for #line. Keep these at the end, as they will screw
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index cec8ac2..4950958 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -7432,7 +7432,7 @@ Perl_yylex(pTHX)
 		else if (*s != '{' && key == KEY_sub) {
 		    if (!have_name)
 			Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine");
-		    else if (*s != ';')
+		    else if (*s != ';' && *s != '}')
 			Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Illegal declaration of subroutine %"SVf, SVfARG(PL_subname));
 		}
 
-- 
1.8.3.1