diff --git a/lslopt/lslparse.py b/lslopt/lslparse.py
index 00a0e93..bcc9faa 100644
--- a/lslopt/lslparse.py
+++ b/lslopt/lslparse.py
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ class parser(object):
             lvalue = {'nt':'FLD', 't':'float', 'ch':[lvalue], 'fld':self.tok[1]}
             self.NextToken()
             tok0 = self.tok[0]
+            typ = 'float'
 
         if tok0 in ('++', '--'):
             self.NextToken()
diff --git a/testparser.py b/testparser.py
index 4cf03ff..5816ce8 100644
--- a/testparser.py
+++ b/testparser.py
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ class Test02_Parser(UnitTestCase):
         self.assertRaises(EParseCodePathWithoutRet, self.parser.parse,
             '''key f() { if (1) ; else if (2) return ""; else return ""; }''')
         self.parser.parse('f(){if(1) {state default;}if (1) if (1) state default; else state default;}default{timer(){}}')
+        self.parser.parse('default{timer(){vector v;v.x=0;}}')
 
 
     def tearDown(self):