1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index 694d6f4d7..0967bed1d 100644
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type
     tkComma, tkSemiColon,
     tkColon, tkColonColon, tkEquals, tkDot, tkDotDot,
     tkOpr, tkComment, tkAccent,
-    tkSpaces, tkInfixOpr, tkPrefixOpr, tkPostfixOpr,
+    tkSpaces, tkInfixOpr, tkPrefixOpr, tkPostfixOpr
 
   TTokTypes* = set[TTokType]
 
@@ -863,6 +863,10 @@ proc rawGetTok*(L: var TLexer, tok: var TToken) =
     of '`':
       tok.tokType = tkAccent
       inc(L.bufpos)
+    of '_':
+      tok.tokType = tkSymbol
+      tok.ident = getIdent("_")
+      inc(L.bufpos)
     of '\"':
       # check for extended raw string literal:
       var rawMode = L.bufpos > 0 and L.buf[L.bufpos-1] in SymChars