From e0be1c7a3a2e5a3955dbc16d22709bdd383a8a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Humza Shahid <humzasaur@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 15:16:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add dfa for longIDs (which are used for accessing things from
 structures/modules)

---
 compiler/scanner.sml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/scanner.sml b/compiler/scanner.sml
index 7266d25..577bf6f 100644
--- a/compiler/scanner.sml
+++ b/compiler/scanner.sml
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ struct
 
   val intDfa = Dfa.fromString "[0-9]+"
   val wordDfa = Dfa.fromString "0w[0-9]+"
-  val realDfa = "[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+  val realDfa = Dfa.fromString "[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+
   val idDfa = Dfa.fromString "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_']*"
+  val longIdDfa =
+    Dfa.fromString "[a-zA-Z[(a-zA-Z0-9_']*(\\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_']*)+"
+
+      Hello.world
 
   fun skipFormattingChars (str, pos) =
     if pos = String.size str then