1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/010vm.cc b/010vm.cc
index 9806511e..e772e811 100644
--- a/010vm.cc
+++ b/010vm.cc
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ type_tree* new_type_tree(const string_tree* properties) {
       result->value = get(Type_ordinal, type_name);
     else if (is_integer(type_name))  // sometimes types will contain non-type tags, like numbers for the size of an array
       result->value = 0;
-    else
+    else if (properties->value != "->")  // used in recipe types
       result->value = -1;  // should never happen; will trigger errors later
   }
   result->left = new_type_tree(properties->left);