diff --git a/vlib/compiler/expression.v b/vlib/compiler/expression.v
index de11e6c2dc..bfbca33853 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/expression.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/expression.v
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ fn (p mut Parser) bool_expression() string {
 		p.error('expr() returns empty type')
 	}
 	if expected != typ && expected in p.table.sum_types { // TODO perf
-		p.cgen.set_placeholder(start_ph, '/*KUK*/($expected) { .obj = ($typ[]) { ')
-		p.gen('}, .typ = 1}')//${val}_type }')
+		p.cgen.set_placeholder(start_ph,
+			//'/*SUM TYPE CAST*/($expected) { .obj = &($typ[]) { ')
+			'/*SUM TYPE CAST*/($expected) { .obj = memdup(& ')
+		tt := typ.all_after('_') // TODO
+		//p.gen('}, .typ = SumType_${tt} }')//${val}_type }')
+		p.gen(', sizeof($typ) ), .typ = SumType_${tt} }')//${val}_type }')
 
 	}
 	return typ
@@ -369,7 +373,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) name_expr() string {
 				//println(q)
 				//println(q[idx])
 				arg_type := q[idx]
-	p.gen('($enum_type.name) { .obj = ($arg_type[]) { ')
+				p.gen('($enum_type.name) { .obj = ($arg_type[]) { ')
 				p.bool_expression()
 				p.check(.rpar)
 				p.gen('}, .typ = ${val}_type }')
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/fn.v b/vlib/compiler/fn.v
index abf32dc210..8be88b659e 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/fn.v
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fn_decl() {
 	mut f := Fn{
 		mod: p.mod
 		is_public: is_pub || p.is_vh // functions defined in .vh are always public
-		
+
 		is_unsafe: p.attr == 'unsafe_fn'
 		is_deprecated: p.attr == 'deprecated'
 		comptime_define: if p.attr.starts_with('if ') { p.attr[3..] } else { '' }
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fn_call(f mut Fn, method_ph int, receiver_var, receiver_type s
 	if f.is_method {
 		receiver := f.args.first()
 		mut receiver_is_interface := false
-		if receiver.typ.ends_with('er') {
+		if receiver.typ.ends_with('er') || receiver.typ[0] == `I` {
 			// I absolutely love this syntax
 			// `s.speak()` =>
 			// `((void (*)())(Speaker_name_table[s._interface_idx][1]))(s._object);
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fn_args(f mut Fn) {
 				typ: typ
 				is_arg: true
 				// is_mut: is_mut
-				
+
 				line_nr: p.scanner.line_nr
 				token_idx: p.cur_tok_index()
 			}
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) fn_call_args(f mut Fn, generic_param_types []string) {
 		// fn run(r Animal) { ... }
 		// `run(dog)` adds `Dog` to the `Animal` interface.
 		// This is needed to generate an interface table.
-		if arg.typ.ends_with('er') {
+		if arg.typ.ends_with('er') || arg.typ[0] == `I` {
 			t := p.table.find_type(arg.typ)
 			if t.cat == .interface_ {
 				// perform((Speaker) { ._object = &dog,
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/if_match.v b/vlib/compiler/if_match.v
index 6024c48ce1..72d4b18302 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/if_match.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/if_match.v
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ fn (p mut Parser) match_statement(is_expr bool) string {
 	if typ.starts_with('array_') {
 		p.error('arrays cannot be compared')
 	}
+	is_sum_type := typ in p.table.sum_types
+	mut sum_child_type := ''
+
 	// is it safe to use p.cgen.insert_before ???
 	tmp_var := p.get_tmp()
 	p.cgen.insert_before('$typ $tmp_var = $expr;')
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) match_statement(is_expr bool) string {
 		}
 		ph := p.cgen.add_placeholder()
 		// Multiple checks separated by comma
+		p.open_scope()
 		mut got_comma := false
 		for {
 			if got_comma {
@@ -121,11 +125,26 @@ fn (p mut Parser) match_statement(is_expr bool) string {
 				got_string = true
 				p.gen('string_eq($tmp_var, ')
 			}
+			else if is_sum_type {
+				p.gen('${tmp_var}.typ == ')
+			}
 			else {
 				p.gen('$tmp_var == ')
 			}
 			p.expected_type = typ
-			p.check_types(p.bool_expression(), typ)
+			// `match node { ast.BoolExpr { it := node as BoolExpr ... } }`
+			if is_sum_type {
+				sum_child_type = p.get_type2().name
+				tt := sum_child_type.all_after('_')
+				p.gen('SumType_$tt')
+				//println('got child $sum_child_type')
+				p.register_var(Var{
+					name: 'it'
+					typ: sum_child_type
+				})
+			} else {
+				p.check_types(p.bool_expression(), typ)
+			}
 			p.expected_type = ''
 			if got_string {
 				p.gen(')')
@@ -169,12 +188,16 @@ fn (p mut Parser) match_statement(is_expr bool) string {
 			p.fspace()
 			p.check(.lcbr)
 			p.genln('{ ')
+			if is_sum_type {
+				p.genln(' $sum_child_type it = *($sum_child_type*)$tmp_var .obj ;')
+			}
 			p.statements()
 			all_cases_return = all_cases_return && p.returns
 			// p.gen(')')
 		}
 		i++
 		p.fgen_nl()
+		p.close_scope()
 	}
 	p.error('match must be exhaustive')
 	// p.returns = false // only get here when no default, so return is not guaranteed
@@ -229,12 +252,12 @@ fn (p mut Parser) if_statement(is_expr bool, elif_depth int) string {
 			name: var_name
 			typ: typ
 			is_mut: false // TODO
-			
+
 			is_used: true // TODO
 			// is_alloc: p.is_alloc || typ.starts_with('array_')
 			// line_nr: p.tokens[ var_token_idx ].line_nr
 			// token_idx: var_token_idx
-			
+
 		})
 		p.statements()
 		p.close_scope()
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/parser.v b/vlib/compiler/parser.v
index 6562792291..7afd30acf4 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/parser.v
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) type_decl() {
 	}
 	p.check(.key_type)
 	p.fspace()
-	name := p.check_name()
+	mut name := p.check_name()
 	p.fspace()
 	// V used to have 'type Foo struct', many Go users might use this syntax
 	if p.tok == .key_struct {
@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ fn (p mut Parser) type_decl() {
 	// Sum type
 	is_sum := p.tok == .pipe
 	if is_sum {
+		if !p.builtin_mod && p.mod != 'main' {
+			name = p.prepend_mod(name)
+		}
 		// Register the first child  (name we already parsed)
 		/*
 		p.table.register_type(Type{
@@ -811,26 +814,21 @@ fn (p mut Parser) type_decl() {
 		})
 		*/
 		// Register the rest of them
+		mut idx := 0
 		for p.tok == .pipe {
+			idx++
 			p.next()
-			child := p.check_name()
+			child_type_name := p.check_name()
 			if p.pass == .main {
 				// Update the type's parent
-				println('child=$child parent=$name')
-				mut t := p.table.find_type(child)
+				//println('child=$child_type_name parent=$name')
+				mut t := p.find_type(child_type_name)
 				if t.name == '' {
-					p.error('unknown type `$child`')
+					p.error('qunknown type `$child_type_name`')
 				}
 				t.parent = name
 				p.table.rewrite_type(t)
-				/*
-				p.table.register_type(Type{
-					parent: name
-					name: child
-					mod: p.mod
-					is_public: is_pub
-				})
-				*/
+				p.cgen.consts << '#define SumType_$child_type_name $idx // DEF2'
 			}
 		}
 		if p.pass == .decl {
@@ -838,7 +836,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) type_decl() {
 			println(p.table.sum_types)
 		}
 		// Register the actual sum type
-		println('reging sum $name')
+		//println('registering sum $name')
 		p.table.register_type(Type{
 			name: name
 			mod: p.mod
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/scanner.v b/vlib/compiler/scanner.v
index 1bfebd1538..fc9ba3c351 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/scanner.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/scanner.v
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const (
 	error_context_after = 2 // ^^^ same, but after
 )
 
-struct Scanner {
+pub struct Scanner {
 mut:
 	file_path                string
 	text                     string
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/struct.v b/vlib/compiler/struct.v
index 6f6076304a..db8c4dfaad 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/struct.v
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) struct_decl(generic_param_types []string) {
 	if !p.builtin_mod && !name[0].is_capital() {
 		p.error('mod=$p.mod struct names must be capitalized: use `struct ${name.capitalize()}`')
 	}
-	if is_interface && !name.ends_with('er') {
+	if is_interface && !name.ends_with('er') && name[0] != `I` {
 		p.error('interface names temporarily have to end with `er` (e.g. `Speaker`, `Reader`)')
 	}
 	mut generic_types := map[string]string
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/table.v b/vlib/compiler/table.v
index f74103cbea..ed71a3658f 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/table.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/table.v
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ fn (t &Table) find_type(name_ string) Type {
 }
 
 fn (p mut Parser) check_types2(got_, expected_ string, throw bool) bool {
-	if p.fileis('type_test') {
-		println('got=$got_ exp=$expected_')
-	}
+	//if p.fileis('type_test') {
+		//println('got=$got_ exp=$expected_')
+	//}
 	mut got := got_
 	mut expected := expected_
 	// p.log('check types got="$got" exp="$expected"  ')
@@ -724,18 +724,17 @@ fn (p mut Parser) check_types2(got_, expected_ string, throw bool) bool {
 	got = got.replace('*', '').replace('ptr', '')
 	if got != expected {
 		// Interface check
-		if expected.ends_with('er') {
+		if expected.ends_with('er') || expected[0] == `I` {
 			if p.satisfies_interface(expected, got, throw) {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
 		// Sum type
-		println(expected)
 		if expected in p.table.sum_types {
-			println('checking sum')
+			//println('checking sum')
 			child := p.table.find_type(got)
 			if child.parent == expected {
-				println('yep $expected')
+				//println('yep $expected')
 				return true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/tests/type_test.v b/vlib/compiler/tests/type_test.v
index 4509b11f7f..0a0ae2acc4 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/tests/type_test.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/tests/type_test.v
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ fn test_person_str() {
 
 struct Foo {}
 
-struct WTF {
-	wtf int
-}
+type Expr = Foo | BoolExpr |  BinExpr | UnaryExpr
 
 struct BoolExpr {
 	foo int
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ struct UnaryExpr {
 
 }
 
-type Expr = Foo | BoolExpr |  BinExpr | UnaryExpr
 
 fn handle_expr(e Expr) {
 
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ fn parse_bool() BoolExpr {
 	return BoolExpr{}
 }
 
-fn test_sum() {
+fn test_sum_types() {
 	b := parse_bool()
 	handle_expr(b)
 }
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/ast/ast.v b/vlib/compiler2/ast/ast.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5960117e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/ast/ast.v
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module ast
+
+import (
+	compiler2.token
+)
+
+
+struct Foo {}
+
+pub type Expr = Foo | IfExpr | BinaryExpr | IntegerExpr
+
+pub struct IntegerExpr {
+pub:
+	val int
+}
+
+/*
+pub enum Expr {
+	Binary(BinaryExpr)
+	If(IfExpr)
+	Integer(IntegerExpr)
+}
+*/
+
+pub struct Stmt {
+	pos int
+	//end int
+}
+
+// A single identifier
+struct Ident {
+	token token.Token
+	value string
+}
+
+pub struct BinaryExpr {
+pub:
+	token token.Token
+	//op    BinaryOp
+	op    token.Token
+	left  Expr
+	right Expr
+}
+
+struct IfExpr {
+	token token.Token
+	cond  Expr
+	body  []Stmt
+	else_ []Stmt
+}
+
+struct ReturnStmt {
+	token   token.Token // or pos
+	results []Expr
+}
+
+enum BinaryOp {
+	sum
+	difference
+	product
+	quotient
+	remainder
+	bitwise_and
+	bitwise_or
+	bitwise_xor
+	left_shift
+	right_shift
+
+	equality
+	inequality
+	less_than
+	less_than_or_equal
+	more_than
+	more_than_or_equal
+
+	in_check
+
+	//These are suffixed with `bool` to prevent conflict with the keyword `or`
+	and_bool
+	or_bool
+}
+
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/compiler2/fmt/fmt.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2628d8a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module fmt
+
+struct Fmt {
+	// vfmt fields TODO move to a separate struct
+	// fmt_out        strings.Builder
+	fmt_lines                []string
+	// fmt_line   string
+	fmt_indent               int
+	fmt_line_empty           bool
+	// fmt_needs_nl bool
+
+}
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/parser/parser.v b/vlib/compiler2/parser/parser.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3b403fe45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/parser/parser.v
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module parser
+
+import (
+	compiler2.scanner
+	compiler2.ast
+	compiler2.token
+)
+
+struct Parser {
+	scanner &scanner.Scanner
+mut:
+	tok token.Token
+	lit string
+}
+
+pub fn parse_expr(text string) ast.Expr {
+	mut s := scanner.new_scanner(text)
+	res := s.scan()
+	mut p := Parser{
+		scanner: s
+		tok: res.tok
+		lit: res.lit
+	}
+	return p.expr()
+}
+
+fn (p mut Parser) next() {
+	res := p.scanner.scan()
+	p.tok = res.tok
+	//println(p.tok.str())
+	p.lit = res.lit
+}
+
+fn (p mut Parser) expr() ast.Expr {
+	//println('\n\nexpr()')
+	mut node := p.term()
+	for p.tok == .plus || p.tok == .minus {
+		op := p.tok
+		p.next()
+		node = ast.BinaryExpr {
+			left: node
+			op: op
+			right: p.term()
+		}
+	}
+	return node
+}
+
+fn (p mut Parser) term() ast.Expr {
+	mut node := p.factor()
+	for p.tok == .mul || p.tok == .div || p.tok == .mod {
+		op := p.tok
+		p.next()
+		node = ast.BinaryExpr {
+			left: node
+			op: op
+			right: p.factor()
+		}
+	}
+	return node
+	//return ast.BinaryExpr{}
+	//return ast.Expr.Binary(ast.BinaryExpr{})
+}
+
+fn (p mut Parser) factor() ast.Expr {
+	if p.tok == .number {
+		val := p.lit.int()
+		p.next()
+		return ast.IntegerExpr { val: val }
+	} else {
+		println('bad factor token')
+		println(p.tok)
+		exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/parser/parser_test.v b/vlib/compiler2/parser/parser_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d5231692d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/parser/parser_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+module parser
+
+import compiler2.ast
+
+fn test_parser() {
+	//expr := ast.IntegerExpr {val:10}
+	//expr := ast.BinaryExpr{}
+	expr := parse_expr('3 + 7')
+	walk(expr)
+	println('')
+}
+
+fn walk(node ast.Expr) {
+	//println('walk()')
+	match node {
+		ast.IntegerExpr {
+			print(it.val)
+		}
+		ast.BinaryExpr {
+			walk(it.left)
+			match it.op {
+				.plus {
+					print(' + ')
+				}
+				.minus {
+					print(' - ')
+				}
+				else {}
+
+			}
+			walk(it.right)
+		}
+		else {}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/scanner/scanner.v b/vlib/compiler2/scanner/scanner.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86ff4f3dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/scanner/scanner.v
@@ -0,0 +1,911 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module scanner
+
+import (
+	os
+	compiler2.token
+	// strings
+)
+
+const (
+	single_quote = `\'`
+	double_quote = `"`
+	error_context_before = 2 // how many lines of source context to print before the pointer line
+	error_context_after = 2 // ^^^ same, but after
+)
+
+pub struct Scanner {
+mut:
+	file_path                string
+	text                     string
+	pos                      int
+	line_nr                  int
+	last_nl_pos              int // for calculating column
+	inside_string            bool
+	inter_start              bool // for hacky string interpolation TODO simplify
+	inter_end                bool
+	debug                    bool
+	line_comment             string
+	//prev_tok                 TokenKind
+	started                  bool
+	fn_name                  string // needed for @FN
+	print_line_on_error      bool
+	print_colored_error      bool
+	print_rel_paths_on_error bool
+	quote                    byte // which quote is used to denote current string: ' or "
+	line_ends                []int // the positions of source lines ends   (i.e. \n signs)
+	nr_lines                   int // total number of lines in the source file that were scanned
+	is_vh                    bool // Keep newlines
+	is_fmt                   bool // Used only for skipping ${} in strings, since we need literal
+	// string values when generating formatted code.
+}
+// new scanner from file.
+fn new_scanner_file(file_path string) &Scanner {
+	if !os.exists(file_path) {
+		verror("$file_path doesn't exist")
+	}
+	mut raw_text := os.read_file(file_path)or{
+		verror('scanner: failed to open $file_path')
+		return 0
+	}
+	// BOM check
+	if raw_text.len >= 3 {
+		c_text := raw_text.str
+		if c_text[0] == 0xEF && c_text[1] == 0xBB && c_text[2] == 0xBF {
+			// skip three BOM bytes
+			offset_from_begin := 3
+			raw_text = tos(c_text[offset_from_begin], vstrlen(c_text) - offset_from_begin)
+		}
+	}
+	mut s := new_scanner(raw_text)
+	//s.init_fmt()
+	s.file_path = file_path
+	return s
+}
+
+// new scanner from string.
+pub fn new_scanner(text string) &Scanner {
+	return &Scanner{
+		text: text
+		print_line_on_error: true
+		print_colored_error: true
+		print_rel_paths_on_error: true
+	}
+}
+
+// TODO remove once multiple return values are implemented
+pub struct ScanRes {
+pub:
+	tok token.Token
+	lit string
+}
+
+fn scan_res(tok token.Token, lit string) ScanRes {
+	return ScanRes{
+		tok,lit}
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_name() string {
+	start := s.pos
+	for {
+		s.pos++
+		if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+			break
+		}
+		c := s.text[s.pos]
+		if !is_name_char(c) && !c.is_digit() {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	name := s.text[start..s.pos]
+	s.pos--
+	return name
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_hex_number() string {
+	start_pos := s.pos
+	s.pos += 2 // skip '0x'
+	for {
+		if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+			break
+		}
+		c := s.text[s.pos]
+		if !c.is_hex_digit() {
+			break
+		}
+		s.pos++
+	}
+	number := s.text[start_pos..s.pos]
+	s.pos--
+	return number
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_oct_number() string {
+	start_pos := s.pos
+	for {
+		if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+			break
+		}
+		c := s.text[s.pos]
+		if c.is_digit() {
+			if !c.is_oct_digit() {
+				s.error('malformed octal constant')
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			break
+		}
+		s.pos++
+	}
+	number := s.text[start_pos..s.pos]
+	s.pos--
+	return number
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_dec_number() string {
+	start_pos := s.pos
+	// scan integer part
+	for s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos].is_digit() {
+		s.pos++
+	}
+	// e.g. 1..9
+	// we just return '1' and don't scan '..9'
+	if s.expect('..', s.pos) {
+		number := s.text[start_pos..s.pos]
+		s.pos--
+		return number
+	}
+	// scan fractional part
+	if s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos] == `.` {
+		s.pos++
+		for s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos].is_digit() {
+			s.pos++
+		}
+		if !s.inside_string && s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos] == `f` {
+			s.error('no `f` is needed for floats')
+		}
+	}
+	// scan exponential part
+	mut has_exponential_part := false
+	if s.expect('e+', s.pos) || s.expect('e-', s.pos) {
+		exp_start_pos := s.pos += 2
+		for s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos].is_digit() {
+			s.pos++
+		}
+		if exp_start_pos == s.pos {
+			s.error('exponent has no digits')
+		}
+		has_exponential_part = true
+	}
+	// error check: 1.23.4, 123.e+3.4
+	if s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos] == `.` {
+		if has_exponential_part {
+			s.error('exponential part should be integer')
+		}
+		else {
+			s.error('too many decimal points in number')
+		}
+	}
+	number := s.text[start_pos..s.pos]
+	s.pos--
+	return number
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_number() string {
+	if s.expect('0x', s.pos) {
+		return s.ident_hex_number()
+	}
+	if s.expect('0.', s.pos) || s.expect('0e', s.pos) {
+		return s.ident_dec_number()
+	}
+	if s.text[s.pos] == `0` {
+		return s.ident_oct_number()
+	}
+	return s.ident_dec_number()
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) skip_whitespace() {
+	// if s.is_vh { println('vh') return }
+	for s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos].is_white() {
+		if is_nl(s.text[s.pos]) && s.is_vh {
+			return
+		}
+		// Count \r\n as one line
+		if is_nl(s.text[s.pos]) && !s.expect('\r\n', s.pos - 1) {
+			s.inc_line_number()
+		}
+		s.pos++
+	}
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) end_of_file() ScanRes {
+	s.pos = s.text.len
+	s.inc_line_number()
+	return scan_res(.eof, '')
+}
+
+pub fn (s mut Scanner) scan() ScanRes {
+	// if s.line_comment != '' {
+	// s.fgenln('// LC "$s.line_comment"')
+	// s.line_comment = ''
+	// }
+	if s.started {
+		s.pos++
+	}
+	s.started = true
+	if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+		return s.end_of_file()
+	}
+	if !s.inside_string {
+		s.skip_whitespace()
+	}
+	// End of $var, start next string
+	if s.inter_end {
+		if s.text[s.pos] == s.quote {
+			s.inter_end = false
+			return scan_res(.str, '')
+		}
+		s.inter_end = false
+		return scan_res(.str, s.ident_string())
+	}
+	s.skip_whitespace()
+	// end of file
+	if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+		return s.end_of_file()
+	}
+	// handle each char
+	c := s.text[s.pos]
+	mut nextc := `\0`
+	if s.pos + 1 < s.text.len {
+		nextc = s.text[s.pos + 1]
+	}
+	// name or keyword
+	if is_name_char(c) {
+		name := s.ident_name()
+		// tmp hack to detect . in ${}
+		// Check if not .eof to prevent panic
+		next_char := if s.pos + 1 < s.text.len { s.text[s.pos + 1] } else { `\0` }
+		if token.is_key(name) {
+			return scan_res(token.key_to_token(name), '')
+		}
+		// 'asdf $b' => "b" is the last name in the string, dont start parsing string
+		// at the next ', skip it
+		if s.inside_string {
+			if next_char == s.quote {
+				s.inter_end = true
+				s.inter_start = false
+				s.inside_string = false
+			}
+		}
+		// end of `$expr`
+		// allow `'$a.b'` and `'$a.c()'`
+		if s.inter_start && next_char != `.` && next_char != `(` {
+			s.inter_end = true
+			s.inter_start = false
+		}
+		if s.pos == 0 && next_char == ` ` {
+			// If a single letter name at the start of the file, increment
+			// Otherwise the scanner would be stuck at s.pos = 0
+			s.pos++
+		}
+		return scan_res(.name, name)
+	}
+	// `123`, `.123`
+	else if c.is_digit() || (c == `.` && nextc.is_digit()) {
+		num := s.ident_number()
+		return scan_res(.number, num)
+	}
+	// Handle `'$fn()'`
+	if c == `)` && s.inter_start {
+		s.inter_end = true
+		s.inter_start = false
+		next_char := if s.pos + 1 < s.text.len { s.text[s.pos + 1] } else { `\0` }
+		if next_char == s.quote {
+			s.inside_string = false
+		}
+		return scan_res(.rpar, '')
+	}
+	// all other tokens
+	match c {
+		`+` {
+			if nextc == `+` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.inc, '')
+			}
+			else if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.plus_assign, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.plus, '')
+		}
+		`-` {
+			if nextc == `-` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.dec, '')
+			}
+			else if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.minus_assign, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.minus, '')
+		}
+		`*` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.mult_assign, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.mul, '')
+		}
+		`^` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.xor_assign, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.xor, '')
+		}
+		`%` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.mod_assign, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.mod, '')
+		}
+		`?` {
+			return scan_res(.question, '')
+		}
+		single_quote, double_quote {
+			return scan_res(.str, s.ident_string())
+		}
+		`\`` {
+			// ` // apostrophe balance comment. do not remove
+			return scan_res(.chartoken, s.ident_char())
+		}
+		`(` {
+			return scan_res(.lpar, '')
+		}
+		`)` {
+			return scan_res(.rpar, '')
+		}
+		`[` {
+			return scan_res(.lsbr, '')
+		}
+		`]` {
+			return scan_res(.rsbr, '')
+		}
+		`{` {
+			// Skip { in `${` in strings
+			if s.inside_string {
+				return s.scan()
+			}
+			return scan_res(.lcbr, '')
+		}
+		`$` {
+			if s.inside_string {
+				return scan_res(.str_dollar, '')
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.dollar, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`}` {
+			// s = `hello $name !`
+			// s = `hello ${name} !`
+			if s.inside_string {
+				s.pos++
+				if s.text[s.pos] == s.quote {
+					s.inside_string = false
+					return scan_res(.str, '')
+				}
+				return scan_res(.str, s.ident_string())
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.rcbr, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`&` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.and_assign, '')
+			}
+			if nextc == `&` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.and, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.amp, '')
+		}
+		`|` {
+			if nextc == `|` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.logical_or, '')
+			}
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.or_assign, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.pipe, '')
+		}
+		`,` {
+			return scan_res(.comma, '')
+		}
+		`@` {
+			s.pos++
+			name := s.ident_name()
+			// @FN => will be substituted with the name of the current V function
+			// @FILE => will be substituted with the path of the V source file
+			// @LINE => will be substituted with the V line number where it appears (as a string).
+			// @COLUMN => will be substituted with the column where it appears (as a string).
+			// @VHASH  => will be substituted with the shortened commit hash of the V compiler (as a string).
+			// This allows things like this:
+			// println( 'file: ' + @FILE + ' | line: ' + @LINE + ' | fn: ' + @FN)
+			// ... which is useful while debugging/tracing
+			if name == 'FN' {
+				return scan_res(.str, s.fn_name)
+			}
+			if name == 'FILE' {
+				return scan_res(.str, cescaped_path(os.realpath(s.file_path)))
+			}
+			if name == 'LINE' {
+				return scan_res(.str, (s.line_nr + 1).str())
+			}
+			if name == 'COLUMN' {
+				return scan_res(.str, (s.current_column()).str())
+			}
+			if name == 'VHASH' {
+				return scan_res(.str, vhash())
+			}
+			if !token.is_key(name) {
+				s.error('@ must be used before keywords (e.g. `@type string`)')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.name, name)
+		}
+		/*
+	case `\r`:
+		if nextc == `\n` {
+			s.pos++
+			s.last_nl_pos = s.pos
+			return scan_res(.nl, '')
+		}
+	 }
+	case `\n`:
+		s.last_nl_pos = s.pos
+		return scan_res(.nl, '')
+	 }
+	*/
+
+		`.` {
+			if nextc == `.` {
+				s.pos++
+				if s.text[s.pos + 1] == `.` {
+					s.pos++
+					return scan_res(.ellipsis, '')
+				}
+				return scan_res(.dotdot, '')
+			}
+			return scan_res(.dot, '')
+		}
+		`#` {
+			start := s.pos + 1
+			s.ignore_line()
+			if nextc == `!` {
+				// treat shebang line (#!) as a comment
+				s.line_comment = s.text[start + 1..s.pos].trim_space()
+				// s.fgenln('// shebang line "$s.line_comment"')
+				return s.scan()
+			}
+			hash := s.text[start..s.pos]
+			return scan_res(.hash, hash.trim_space())
+		}
+		`>` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.ge, '')
+			}
+			else if nextc == `>` {
+				if s.pos + 2 < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos + 2] == `=` {
+					s.pos += 2
+					return scan_res(.righ_shift_assign, '')
+				}
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.righ_shift, '')
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.gt, '')
+			}
+		}
+		0xE2 {
+			// case `≠`:
+			if nextc == 0x89 && s.text[s.pos + 2] == 0xA0 {
+				s.pos += 2
+				return scan_res(.ne, '')
+			}
+			// ⩽
+			else if nextc == 0x89 && s.text[s.pos + 2] == 0xBD {
+				s.pos += 2
+				return scan_res(.le, '')
+			}
+			// ⩾
+			else if nextc == 0xA9 && s.text[s.pos + 2] == 0xBE {
+				s.pos += 2
+				return scan_res(.ge, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`<` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.le, '')
+			}
+			else if nextc == `<` {
+				if s.pos + 2 < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos + 2] == `=` {
+					s.pos += 2
+					return scan_res(.left_shift_assign, '')
+				}
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.left_shift, '')
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.lt, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`=` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.eq, '')
+			}
+			else if nextc == `>` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.arrow, '')
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.assign, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`:` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.decl_assign, '')
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.colon, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`;` {
+			return scan_res(.semicolon, '')
+		}
+		`!` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.ne, '')
+			}
+			else {
+				return scan_res(.not, '')
+			}
+		}
+		`~` {
+			return scan_res(.bit_not, '')
+		}
+		`/` {
+			if nextc == `=` {
+				s.pos++
+				return scan_res(.div_assign, '')
+			}
+			if nextc == `/` {
+				start := s.pos + 1
+				s.ignore_line()
+				s.line_comment = s.text[start + 1..s.pos]
+				s.line_comment = s.line_comment.trim_space()
+				if s.is_fmt {
+					s.pos-- // fix line_nr, \n was read, and the comment is marked on the next line
+					s.line_nr--
+					return scan_res(.line_comment, s.line_comment)
+				}
+				// s.fgenln('// ${s.prev_tok.str()} "$s.line_comment"')
+				// Skip the comment (return the next token)
+				return s.scan()
+			}
+			// Multiline comments
+			if nextc == `*` {
+				start := s.pos
+				mut nest_count := 1
+				// Skip comment
+				for nest_count > 0 {
+					s.pos++
+					if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+						s.line_nr--
+						s.error('comment not terminated')
+					}
+					if s.text[s.pos] == `\n` {
+						s.inc_line_number()
+						continue
+					}
+					if s.expect('/*', s.pos) {
+						nest_count++
+						continue
+					}
+					if s.expect('*/', s.pos) {
+						nest_count--
+					}
+				}
+				s.pos++
+				end := s.pos + 1
+				comment := s.text[start..end]
+				if s.is_fmt {
+					s.line_comment = comment
+					return scan_res(.mline_comment, s.line_comment)
+				}
+				// Skip if not in fmt mode
+				return s.scan()
+			}
+			return scan_res(.div, '')
+		}
+		else {
+		}}
+	$if windows {
+		if c == `\0` {
+			return s.end_of_file()
+		}
+	}
+	s.error('invalid character `${c.str()}`')
+	return s.end_of_file()
+}
+
+fn (s &Scanner) current_column() int {
+	return s.pos - s.last_nl_pos
+}
+
+fn (s Scanner) count_symbol_before(p int, sym byte) int {
+	mut count := 0
+	for i := p; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if s.text[i] != sym {
+			break
+		}
+		count++
+	}
+	return count
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_string() string {
+	q := s.text[s.pos]
+	is_quote := q == single_quote || q == double_quote
+	is_raw := is_quote && s.text[s.pos - 1] == `r`
+	if is_quote && !s.inside_string {
+		s.quote = q
+	}
+	// if s.file_path.contains('string_test') {
+	// println('\nident_string() at char=${s.text[s.pos].str()}')
+	// println('linenr=$s.line_nr quote=  $qquote ${qquote.str()}')
+	// }
+	mut start := s.pos
+	s.inside_string = false
+	slash := `\\`
+	for {
+		s.pos++
+		if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+			break
+		}
+		c := s.text[s.pos]
+		prevc := s.text[s.pos - 1]
+		// end of string
+		if c == s.quote && (prevc != slash || (prevc == slash && s.text[s.pos - 2] == slash)) {
+			// handle '123\\'  slash at the end
+			break
+		}
+		if c == `\n` {
+			s.inc_line_number()
+		}
+		// Don't allow \0
+		if c == `0` && s.pos > 2 && s.text[s.pos - 1] == slash {
+			if s.pos < s.text.len - 1 && s.text[s.pos + 1].is_digit() {
+			}
+			else {
+				s.error('0 character in a string literal')
+			}
+		}
+		// Don't allow \x00
+		if c == `0` && s.pos > 5 && s.expect('\\x0', s.pos - 3) {
+			s.error('0 character in a string literal')
+		}
+		// ${var} (ignore in vfmt mode)
+		if c == `{` && prevc == `$` && !is_raw && !s.is_fmt && s.count_symbol_before(s.pos - 2, slash) % 2 == 0 {
+			s.inside_string = true
+			// so that s.pos points to $ at the next step
+			s.pos -= 2
+			break
+		}
+		// $var
+		if is_name_char(c) && prevc == `$` && !s.is_fmt && !is_raw && s.count_symbol_before(s.pos - 2, slash) % 2 == 0 {
+			s.inside_string = true
+			s.inter_start = true
+			s.pos -= 2
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	mut lit := ''
+	if s.text[start] == s.quote {
+		start++
+	}
+	mut end := s.pos
+	if s.inside_string {
+		end++
+	}
+	if start > s.pos {
+	}
+	else {
+		lit = s.text[start..end]
+	}
+	return lit
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ident_char() string {
+	start := s.pos
+	slash := `\\`
+	mut len := 0
+	for {
+		s.pos++
+		if s.pos >= s.text.len {
+			break
+		}
+		if s.text[s.pos] != slash {
+			len++
+		}
+		double_slash := s.expect('\\\\', s.pos - 2)
+		if s.text[s.pos] == `\`` && (s.text[s.pos - 1] != slash || double_slash) {
+			// ` // apostrophe balance comment. do not remove
+			if double_slash {
+				len++
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	len--
+	c := s.text[start + 1..s.pos]
+	if len != 1 {
+		u := c.ustring()
+		if u.len != 1 {
+			s.error('invalid character literal (more than one character)\n' + 'use quotes for strings, backticks for characters')
+		}
+	}
+	if c == '\\`' {
+		return '`'
+	}
+	// Escapes a `'` character
+	return if c == "\'" { '\\' + c } else { c }
+}
+
+fn (s &Scanner) expect(want string, start_pos int) bool {
+	end_pos := start_pos + want.len
+	if start_pos < 0 || start_pos >= s.text.len {
+		return false
+	}
+	if end_pos < 0 || end_pos > s.text.len {
+		return false
+	}
+	for pos in start_pos .. end_pos {
+		if s.text[pos] != want[pos - start_pos] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) debug_tokens() {
+	s.pos = 0
+	s.started = false
+	s.debug = true
+	fname := s.file_path.all_after(os.path_separator)
+	println('\n===DEBUG TOKENS $fname===')
+	for {
+		res := s.scan()
+		tok := res.tok
+		lit := res.lit
+		print(tok.str())
+		if lit != '' {
+			println(' `$lit`')
+		}
+		else {
+			println('')
+		}
+		if tok == .eof {
+			println('============ END OF DEBUG TOKENS ==================')
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) ignore_line() {
+	s.eat_to_end_of_line()
+	s.inc_line_number()
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) eat_to_end_of_line() {
+	for s.pos < s.text.len && s.text[s.pos] != `\n` {
+		s.pos++
+	}
+}
+
+fn (s mut Scanner) inc_line_number() {
+	s.last_nl_pos = s.pos
+	s.line_nr++
+	s.line_ends << s.pos
+	if s.line_nr > s.nr_lines {
+		s.nr_lines = s.line_nr
+	}
+}
+
+fn (s Scanner) line(n int) string {
+	mut res := ''
+	if n >= 0 && n < s.line_ends.len {
+		nline_start := if n == 0 { 0 } else { s.line_ends[n - 1] }
+		nline_end := s.line_ends[n]
+		if nline_start <= nline_end {
+			res = s.text[nline_start..nline_end]
+		}
+	}
+	return res.trim_right('\r\n').trim_left('\r\n')
+}
+
+fn is_name_char(c byte) bool {
+	return c == `_` || c.is_letter()
+}
+
+[inline]
+fn is_nl(c byte) bool {
+	return c == `\r` || c == `\n`
+}
+
+fn contains_capital(s string) bool {
+	for c in s {
+		if c >= `A` && c <= `Z` {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// HTTPRequest  bad
+// HttpRequest  good
+fn good_type_name(s string) bool {
+	if s.len < 4 {
+		return true
+	}
+	for i in 2 .. s.len {
+		if s[i].is_capital() && s[i - 1].is_capital() && s[i - 2].is_capital() {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// registration_date good
+// registrationdate  bad
+fn (s &Scanner) validate_var_name(name string) {
+	if name.len > 15 && !name.contains('_') {
+		s.error('bad variable name `$name`\n' + 'looks like you have a multi-word name without separating them with `_`' + '\nfor example, use `registration_date` instead of `registrationdate` ')
+	}
+}
+
+pub fn (s &Scanner) error(msg string) {
+	println('$s.line_nr : $msg')
+	exit(1)
+}
+
+pub fn verror(s string) {
+	println('V error: $s')
+	os.flush_stdout()
+	exit(1)
+}
+
+pub fn vhash() string {
+	mut buf := [50]byte
+	buf[0] = 0
+	C.snprintf(charptr(buf), 50, '%s', C.V_COMMIT_HASH)
+	return tos_clone(buf)
+}
+
+pub fn cescaped_path(s string) string {
+	return s.replace('\\', '\\\\')
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/scanner/scanner_test.v b/vlib/compiler2/scanner/scanner_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8681251551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/scanner/scanner_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module scanner
+
+import (
+	compiler2.token
+)
+
+fn test_scan() {
+	text := 'println(2 + 3)'
+	mut scanner := new_scanner(text)
+	mut tokens := []token.Token
+	for {
+		res := scanner.scan()
+		if res.tok == .eof {
+			break
+		}
+		tokens << res.tok
+	}
+	assert tokens.len == 6
+	assert tokens[0] == .name
+	assert tokens[1] == .lpar
+	assert tokens[2] == .number
+	assert tokens[3] == .plus
+	assert tokens[4] == .number
+	assert tokens[5] == .rpar
+
+}
+
diff --git a/vlib/compiler2/token/token.v b/vlib/compiler2/token/token.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab6446b58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/compiler2/token/token.v
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+module token
+
+/*
+struct Token {
+	tok      TokenKind // the token number/enum; for quick comparisons
+	lit      string // literal representation of the token
+	line_nr  int // the line number in the source where the token occured
+	//name_idx int // name table index for O(1) lookup
+	pos      int // the position of the token in scanner text
+}
+*/
+
+pub enum Token {
+	eof
+	name // user
+	number // 123
+	str // 'foo'
+	str_inter // 'name=$user.name'
+	chartoken // `A`
+	plus
+	minus
+	mul
+	div
+	mod
+	xor // ^
+	pipe // |
+	inc // ++
+	dec // --
+	and // &&
+	logical_or
+	not
+	bit_not
+	question
+	comma
+	semicolon
+	colon
+	arrow // =>
+	amp
+	hash
+	dollar
+	str_dollar
+	left_shift
+	righ_shift
+	// at // @
+	assign // =
+	decl_assign // :=
+	plus_assign // +=
+	minus_assign // -=
+	div_assign
+	mult_assign
+	xor_assign
+	mod_assign
+	or_assign
+	and_assign
+	righ_shift_assign
+	left_shift_assign
+	// {}  () []
+	lcbr
+	rcbr
+	lpar
+	rpar
+	lsbr
+	rsbr
+	// == != <= < >= >
+	eq
+	ne
+	gt
+	lt
+	ge
+	le
+	// comments
+	line_comment
+	mline_comment
+	nl
+	dot
+	dotdot
+	ellipsis
+	// keywords
+	keyword_beg
+	key_as
+	key_asm
+	key_assert
+	key_atomic
+	key_break
+	key_const
+	key_continue
+	key_defer
+	key_else
+	key_embed
+	key_enum
+	key_false
+	key_for
+	key_fn
+	key_global
+	key_go
+	key_goto
+	key_if
+	key_import
+	key_import_const
+	key_in
+	key_interface
+	// key_it
+	key_match
+	key_module
+	key_mut
+	key_none
+	key_return
+	key_select
+	key_sizeof
+	key_offsetof
+	key_struct
+	key_switch
+	key_true
+	key_type
+	// typeof
+	key_orelse
+	key_union
+	key_pub
+	key_static
+	key_unsafe
+	keyword_end
+}
+
+const (
+	assign_tokens = [Token.assign, .plus_assign, .minus_assign, .mult_assign,
+		.div_assign, .xor_assign, .mod_assign, .or_assign, .and_assign,
+		.righ_shift_assign, .left_shift_assign]
+
+	nr_tokens = 141
+)
+
+
+// build_keys genereates a map with keywords' string values:
+// Keywords['return'] == .key_return
+fn build_keys() map[string]int {
+	mut res := map[string]int
+	for t := int(Token.keyword_beg) + 1; t < int(Token.keyword_end); t++ {
+		key := token_str[t]
+		res[key] = t
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+// TODO remove once we have `enum Token { name('name') if('if') ... }`
+fn build_token_str() []string {
+	mut s := [''].repeat(nr_tokens)
+	s[Token.keyword_beg] = ''
+	s[Token.keyword_end] = ''
+	s[Token.eof] = 'eof'
+	s[Token.name] = 'name'
+	s[Token.number] = 'number'
+	s[Token.str] = 'STR'
+	s[Token.chartoken] = 'char'
+	s[Token.plus] = '+'
+	s[Token.minus] = '-'
+	s[Token.mul] = '*'
+	s[Token.div] = '/'
+	s[Token.mod] = '%'
+	s[Token.xor] = '^'
+	s[Token.bit_not] = '~'
+	s[Token.pipe] = '|'
+	s[Token.hash] = '#'
+	s[Token.amp] = '&'
+	s[Token.inc] = '++'
+	s[Token.dec] = '--'
+	s[Token.and] = '&&'
+	s[Token.logical_or] = '||'
+	s[Token.not] = '!'
+	s[Token.dot] = '.'
+	s[Token.dotdot] = '..'
+	s[Token.ellipsis] = '...'
+	s[Token.comma] = ','
+	// s[Token.at] = '@'
+	s[Token.semicolon] = ';'
+	s[Token.colon] = ':'
+	s[Token.arrow] = '=>'
+	s[Token.assign] = '='
+	s[Token.decl_assign] = ':='
+	s[Token.plus_assign] = '+='
+	s[Token.minus_assign] = '-='
+	s[Token.mult_assign] = '*='
+	s[Token.div_assign] = '/='
+	s[Token.xor_assign] = '^='
+	s[Token.mod_assign] = '%='
+	s[Token.or_assign] = '|='
+	s[Token.and_assign] = '&='
+	s[Token.righ_shift_assign] = '>>='
+	s[Token.left_shift_assign] = '<<='
+	s[Token.lcbr] = '{'
+	s[Token.rcbr] = '}'
+	s[Token.lpar] = '('
+	s[Token.rpar] = ')'
+	s[Token.lsbr] = '['
+	s[Token.rsbr] = ']'
+	s[Token.eq] = '=='
+	s[Token.ne] = '!='
+	s[Token.gt] = '>'
+	s[Token.lt] = '<'
+	s[Token.ge] = '>='
+	s[Token.le] = '<='
+	s[Token.question] = '?'
+	s[Token.left_shift] = '<<'
+	s[Token.righ_shift] = '>>'
+	s[Token.line_comment] = '// line comment'
+	s[Token.mline_comment] = '/* mline comment */'
+	s[Token.nl] = 'NLL'
+	s[Token.dollar] = '$'
+	s[Token.str_dollar] = '$2'
+	s[Token.key_assert] = 'assert'
+	s[Token.key_struct] = 'struct'
+	s[Token.key_if] = 'if'
+	// s[Token.key_it] = 'it'
+	s[Token.key_else] = 'else'
+	s[Token.key_asm] = 'asm'
+	s[Token.key_return] = 'return'
+	s[Token.key_module] = 'module'
+	s[Token.key_sizeof] = 'sizeof'
+	s[Token.key_go] = 'go'
+	s[Token.key_goto] = 'goto'
+	s[Token.key_const] = 'const'
+	s[Token.key_mut] = 'mut'
+	s[Token.key_type] = 'type'
+	s[Token.key_for] = 'for'
+	s[Token.key_switch] = 'switch'
+	s[Token.key_fn] = 'fn'
+	s[Token.key_true] = 'true'
+	s[Token.key_false] = 'false'
+	s[Token.key_continue] = 'continue'
+	s[Token.key_break] = 'break'
+	s[Token.key_import] = 'import'
+	s[Token.key_embed] = 'embed'
+	s[Token.key_unsafe] = 'unsafe'
+	// Tokens[key_typeof] = 'typeof'
+	s[Token.key_enum] = 'enum'
+	s[Token.key_interface] = 'interface'
+	s[Token.key_pub] = 'pub'
+	s[Token.key_import_const] = 'import_const'
+	s[Token.key_in] = 'in'
+	s[Token.key_atomic] = 'atomic'
+	s[Token.key_orelse] = 'or'
+	s[Token.key_global] = '__global'
+	s[Token.key_union] = 'union'
+	s[Token.key_static] = 'static'
+	s[Token.key_as] = 'as'
+	s[Token.key_defer] = 'defer'
+	s[Token.key_match] = 'match'
+	s[Token.key_select] = 'select'
+	s[Token.key_none] = 'none'
+	s[Token.key_offsetof] = '__offsetof'
+	return s
+}
+
+const (
+	token_str = build_token_str()
+	keywords = build_keys()
+)
+
+pub fn key_to_token(key string) Token {
+	a := Token(keywords[key])
+	return a
+}
+
+pub fn is_key(key string) bool {
+	return int(key_to_token(key)) > 0
+}
+
+pub fn is_decl(t Token) bool {
+	return t in [.key_enum,
+.key_interface, .key_fn, .key_struct, .key_type, .key_const, .key_import_const,
+.key_pub, .eof]
+}
+
+fn (t Token) is_assign() bool {
+	return t in assign_tokens
+}
+
+fn (t []Token) contains(val Token) bool {
+	for tt in t {
+		if tt == val {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+pub fn (t Token) str() string {
+	lit := 't.lit'
+	if t == .number {
+		return lit
+	}
+	if t == .chartoken {
+		return '`lit`'
+	}
+	if t == .str {
+		return "'lit'"
+	}
+	if t < .plus {
+		return lit // string, number etc
+	}
+	return token_str[int(t)]
+}
+