1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/TAO/TAO_IDL/fe/idl.ll b/TAO/TAO_IDL/fe/idl.ll
index 34b42a350cb..7e1fc9cac6e 100644
--- a/TAO/TAO_IDL/fe/idl.ll
+++ b/TAO/TAO_IDL/fe/idl.ll
@@ -403,8 +403,9 @@ L"'"\\u([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4})"'" {
                     }
                   break;
                 }
-@[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*[ \t]*(\([^)]+\))?
-                break;
+@ ?[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*[ \t]*(\([^)]+\))? {
+                  break;
+                }
 [ \t]*          break;
 {NL}            {
                   idl_global->set_lineno (idl_global->lineno () + 1);