--- a/Scanner.st	Sun Jun 18 16:26:36 2017 +0200
+++ b/Scanner.st	Sun Jun 18 16:32:27 2017 +0200
@@ -3292,16 +3292,18 @@
         nextChar isLetter ifFalse:[
             ((nextChar == $_) and:[allowUnderscoreInIdentifier]) ifFalse:[
                 ((nextChar == $.) and:[allowPeriodInSymbol]) ifFalse:[
-                    "/ just for the better error message
-                    (nextChar isNationalAlphaNumeric) ifTrue:[
-                        |errMsg|
-
-                        errMsg := 'Invalid character: ''' , nextChar asString , ''' ', '(' , (nextChar codePoint radixPrintStringRadix:16) , ').'.
-                        errMsg := errMsg , '\\Notice:\  Only 7-bit ascii allowed (for compatibility with other Smalltalk dialects).' withCRs.
-                        errMsg := errMsg , '\  If you need symbols with 8-bit characters, use the #''...'' form, or ''...'' asSymbol.' withCRs.
-                        self syntaxError:errMsg position:tokenPosition to:source position+1.
-                    ].    
-                    ^ nil
+                    (nextChar isDigit and:[parserFlags allowSymbolsStartingWithDigit]) ifFalse:[
+                        "/ just for the better error message
+                        (nextChar isNationalAlphaNumeric) ifTrue:[
+                            |errMsg|
+
+                            errMsg := 'Invalid character: ''' , nextChar asString , ''' ', '(' , (nextChar codePoint radixPrintStringRadix:16) , ').'.
+                            errMsg := errMsg , '\\Notice:\  Only 7-bit ascii allowed (for compatibility with other Smalltalk dialects).' withCRs.
+                            errMsg := errMsg , '\  If you need symbols with 8-bit characters, use the #''...'' form, or ''...'' asSymbol.' withCRs.
+                            self syntaxError:errMsg position:tokenPosition to:source position+1.
+                        ].    
+                        ^ nil
+                    ]
                 ]
             ]
         ].
@@ -3373,6 +3375,8 @@
     tokenValue := token := string asSymbol.
     tokenType := #Symbol.
     ^ tokenType
+
+    "Modified (format): / 18-06-2017 / 16:31:56 / cg"
 !
 
 nextToken