3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2cd09002..12e72593 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 2011-10-01  Kaz Kylheku  <kaz@kylheku.com>
 
+	Regression bug fix: longest match variables broken by
+	2011-09-28 commit which introduced the double var match.
+
+	* match.c (match_line): Handle case where modifier is t.
+
+	* parser.y (var_op): Produce modifir as (t) rather than t.
+
+2011-10-01  Kaz Kylheku  <kaz@kylheku.com>
+
 	New directive: choose.
 
 	* match.c (choose_s, longest_k, shortest_k): New variables.
diff --git a/match.c b/match.c
index f11c11dc..977f8cee 100644
--- a/match.c
+++ b/match.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static val match_line(val bindings, val specline, val dataline,
               specline = cons(pat, rest(specline));
               continue;
             }
-          } else if (modifier) {
+          } else if (modifier && modifier != t) {
             sem_error(spec_lineno, lit("invalid modifier ~s on variable ~s"),
                       modifier, sym, nao);
           } else if (pat == nil) { /* no modifier, no elem -> to end of line */
diff --git a/parser.y b/parser.y
index 51f45042..93a8eb4d 100644
--- a/parser.y
+++ b/parser.y
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ var : IDENT                     { $$ = list(var_s, intern(string_own($1), nil),
                                   yybadtoken(yychar, lit("variable spec")); }
     ;
 
-var_op : '*'                    { $$ = t; }
+var_op : '*'                    { $$ = list(t, nao); }
        ;
 
 list : '(' exprs ')'            { $$ = $2; }