Improved cast.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pygments/lexers/web.py b/pygments/lexers/web.py
index 51063e96..350f5b6c 100644
--- a/pygments/lexers/web.py
+++ b/pygments/lexers/web.py
@@ -1523,12 +1523,20 @@ class HaxeLexer(ExtendedRegexLexer):
             (r'', Text, ('#pop', 'expr')),
         ],
         
+        # cast can be written as "cast expr" or "cast(expr, type)"
         'cast': [
             include('spaces'),
-            (r'\(', Punctuation, ('#pop', 'parenthesis-close', 'type', 'comma', 'expr')),
+            (r'\(', Punctuation, ('#pop', 'parenthesis-close', 'cast-type', 'expr')),
             (r'', Text, ('#pop', 'expr')),
         ],
         
+        # optionally give a type as the 2nd argument of cast()
+        'cast-type': [
+            include('spaces'),
+            (r',', Punctuation, ('#pop', 'type')),
+            (r'', Text, '#pop'),
+        ],
+        
         'catch': [
             include('spaces'),
             (r'(?:catch)\b', Keyword, ('expr', 'function-param', 'parenthesis-open')),