fixes a small bug concerning semicolons for top level statements

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index a91760e15..87565ae3a 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -1980,15 +1980,17 @@ proc parseTopLevelStmt(p: var TParser): PNode =
   ## top-level statement or emptyNode if end of stream.
   result = ast.emptyNode
   while true:
-    if p.tok.indent != 0: 
+    if p.tok.indent != 0:
       if p.firstTok and p.tok.indent < 0: discard
-      else: parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
+      elif p.tok.tokType != tkSemiColon:
+        parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
     p.firstTok = false
     case p.tok.tokType
     of tkSemiColon:
       getTok(p)
       if p.tok.indent <= 0: discard
       else: parMessage(p, errInvalidIndentation)
+      p.firstTok = true
     of tkEof: break
     else:
       result = complexOrSimpleStmt(p)
diff --git a/tests/parser/tprecedence.nim b/tests/parser/tprecedence.nim
index 6b1b250a2..d2c6d0b30 100644
--- a/tests/parser/tprecedence.nim
+++ b/tests/parser/tprecedence.nim
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 discard """
-  output: "true"
+  output: '''holla
+true'''
 """
 
+# Test top level semicolon works properly:
+import os; echo "holla"
+
 # Test the new predence rules
 
 proc `\+` (x, y: int): int = result = x + y
 proc `\*` (x, y: int): int = result = x * y
 
-echo 5 \+ 1 \* 9 == 14
+echo 5 \+ 1 \* 9 == 6*9