From 8ab35dd55f25ee850d36c8b05eaaaf3b3506c355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bronley Plumb <bronley@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:24:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow `continue` as local var

---
 src/parser/Parser.ts                        |  3 ++-
 src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/parser/Parser.ts b/src/parser/Parser.ts
index 3f619d5e8..3282b7c9a 100644
--- a/src/parser/Parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Parser.ts
@@ -1112,7 +1112,8 @@ export class Parser {
             return this.gotoStatement();
         }
 
-        if (this.check(TokenKind.Continue)) {
+        //the continue keyword (followed by `for`, `while`, or a statement separator)
+        if (this.check(TokenKind.Continue) && this.checkAnyNext(TokenKind.While, TokenKind.For, TokenKind.Newline, TokenKind.Colon, TokenKind.Comment)) {
             return this.continueStatement();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts b/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts
index 099b8aa69..70d2d5581 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ describe('parser continue statements', () => {
         ]);
     });
 
+    it('allows `continue` to be used as a local variable', () => {
+        program.setFile<BrsFile>('source/main.bs', `
+            sub main()
+                continue = true
+                print continue
+                if not continue then
+                    print continue
+                end if
+            end sub
+        `);
+        program.validate();
+        expectZeroDiagnostics(program);
+    });
+
     it('transpiles properly', () => {
         testTranspile(`
             sub main()