From 79aff1a5b0224e5d3368aed03b4144cf144da327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Serpell <daniel.serpell@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:03:17 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allows referencing a scope not yet created.

Use the "::" syntax at the start of the symbol to force creating
a scope if it does not exists yet.

Fixes issue #479.
---
 src/ca65/symbol.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ca65/symbol.c b/src/ca65/symbol.c
index 3b06fd1a2..4ae1a3e41 100644
--- a/src/ca65/symbol.c
+++ b/src/ca65/symbol.c
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ SymTable* ParseScopedIdent (StrBuf* Name, StrBuf* FullName)
         SB_Append (FullName, Name);
 
         /* Search for the child scope */
-        Scope = SymFindScope (Scope, Name, SYM_FIND_EXISTING);
+        Scope = SymFindScope (Scope, Name, SYM_ALLOC_NEW);
         if (Scope == 0) {
             /* Scope not found */
-            Error ("No such scope: '%m%p'", FullName);
+            Error ("Can't create scope: '%m%p'", FullName);
             return 0;
         }