Space in array indexing causes syntax error

[KristofferC]

This gives the following error:

julia> A = zeros(5)
       for i in 1:3
            A[2*i -1] = 10
       end
ERROR: syntax: invalid spacing in left side of indexed assignment
 in eval at ./boot.jl:267

Removing the space in front of -1 makes it work.

[simonster]

The problem is that Int[2*i -1] does something different from Int[2*i-1], so the parser needs to parse these forms differently, and there's nothing special about Int vs. A at parse time. x = A[2*i -1] doesn't work either for the same reason, although perhaps that needs a better error message.

[KristofferC]

Ah, I see. Thanks! Always thought using spaces to create matrices where kinda ugly but oh well...

[StefanKarpinski]

Yes, I'd like to get rid of the space-sensitive syntax.