From 8e013d2174a564859055be2c9366796824ca88d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Conigliaro <joe.conigliaro@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:56:16 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] v2: skip minus in string expr  for now

---
 vlib/v/parser/parser.v | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 078b43e93b..b01cf9c103 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -1207,6 +1207,10 @@ fn (p mut Parser) string_expr() (ast.Expr,table.Type) {
 		if p.tok.kind == .colon {
 			p.next()
 		}
+		// ${num:-2d}
+		if p.tok.kind == .minus {
+			p.next()
+		}
 		// ${num:2d}
 		if p.tok.kind == .number {
 			p.next()