Index: compile_rules_graph.py
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--- compile_rules_graph.py
+++ compile_rules_graph.py
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@
     return sCode
 
 
 def genTokenLines (sTokenLine, dDef):
     "tokenize a string and return a list of lines of tokens"
-    lToken = sTokenLine.split()
     lTokenLines = []
-    for sToken in lToken:
+    for sToken in sTokenLine.split():
         # replace merger characters by spaces
         if "␣" in sToken:
             sToken = sToken.replace("␣", " ")
         # optional token?
         bNullPossible = sToken.startswith("?") and sToken.endswith("¿")
@@ -204,11 +203,11 @@
         sAction = sAction[m.end():].strip()
     if nPriority == -1:
         nPriority = dOptPriority.get(sOption, 4)
 
     # valid action?
-    m = re.search(r"(?P<action>[-~=/!>])(?P<start>-?\d+\.?|)(?P<end>:\.?-?\d+|)(?P<casing>:|)>>", sAction)
+    m = re.search(r"(?P<action>[-=~/!>])(?P<start>-?\d+\.?|)(?P<end>:\.?-?\d+|)(?P<casing>:|)>>", sAction)
     if not m:
         print(" # Error. No action found at: ", sActionId)
         return None
 
     # Condition
@@ -361,11 +360,11 @@
                 nPriority = int(m.group(2)[1:]) if m.group(2)  else -1
             else:
                 print("Syntax error in rule group: ", sLine, " -- line:", i)
                 exit()
         elif re.search("^    +<<- ", sLine) or (sLine.startswith("        ") and not sLine.startswith("        ||")) \
-                or re.search("^    +#", sLine) or re.search(r"[-~=>/!](?:-?\d\.?(?::\.?-?\d+|)|)>> ", sLine) :
+                or re.search("^    +#", sLine) or re.search(r"[-=~/!>](?:-?\d\.?(?::\.?-?\d+|)|)>> ", sLine) :
             # actions
             sActions += " " + sLine.strip()
         elif re.match("[  ]*$", sLine):
             # empty line to end merging
             if not lTokenLine: