diff --git a/cmd/v/flag.v b/cmd/v/flag.v
index 790b5c2fe5..3aeea75dfd 100644
--- a/cmd/v/flag.v
+++ b/cmd/v/flag.v
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ fn parse_flags(flag string, f mut flag.Instance, prefs mut flag.MainCmdPreferenc
 				println('V error: Error parsing flag. Expected value for `-$flag`.')
 				exit(1)
 			}
+			return
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/map.v b/vlib/builtin/map.v
index 950657aad0..4afdfbdf98 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/map.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/map.v
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ fn (m map) get(key string, out voidptr) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// TODO
+/*
+fn (m &map) get2(key string, out voidptr) voidptr {
+}
+*/
+
 fn (m map) exists(key string) bool {
 	if m.value_bytes == 0 {
 		return false
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 6410e4d724..94aeac1663 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ import (
 
 pub type TypeDecl = AliasTypeDecl | SumTypeDecl | FnTypeDecl
 
-pub type Expr = InfixExpr | IfExpr | StringLiteral | IntegerLiteral | CharLiteral |
-FloatLiteral | Ident | CallExpr | BoolLiteral | StructInit | ArrayInit | SelectorExpr | PostfixExpr |
-AssignExpr | PrefixExpr | MethodCallExpr | IndexExpr | RangeExpr | MatchExpr |
-CastExpr | EnumVal | Assoc | SizeOf | None | MapInit | IfGuardExpr | ParExpr | OrExpr |
+pub type Expr = InfixExpr | IfExpr | StringLiteral | IntegerLiteral | CharLiteral | 	
+FloatLiteral | Ident | CallExpr | BoolLiteral | StructInit | ArrayInit | SelectorExpr | PostfixExpr | 	
+AssignExpr | PrefixExpr | MethodCallExpr | IndexExpr | RangeExpr | MatchExpr | 	
+CastExpr | EnumVal | Assoc | SizeOf | None | MapInit | IfGuardExpr | ParExpr | OrExpr | 	
 ConcatExpr | Type | AsCast
 
-pub type Stmt = GlobalDecl | FnDecl | Return | Module | Import | ExprStmt |
-ForStmt | StructDecl | ForCStmt | ForInStmt | CompIf | ConstDecl | Attr | BranchStmt |
-HashStmt | AssignStmt | EnumDecl | TypeDecl | DeferStmt | GotoLabel | GotoStmt |
+pub type Stmt = GlobalDecl | FnDecl | Return | Module | Import | ExprStmt | 	
+ForStmt | StructDecl | ForCStmt | ForInStmt | CompIf | ConstDecl | Attr | BranchStmt | 	
+HashStmt | AssignStmt | EnumDecl | TypeDecl | DeferStmt | GotoLabel | GotoStmt | 	
 LineComment | MultiLineComment | AssertStmt | UnsafeStmt | GoStmt
 // pub type Type = StructType | ArrayType
 // pub struct StructType {
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ pub:
 	left       Expr // `a` in `a := if ...`
 	pos        token.Position
 mut:
+	is_expr    bool
 	typ        table.Type
 	has_else   bool
 }
@@ -351,7 +352,8 @@ pub:
 	branches    []MatchBranch
 	pos         token.Position
 mut:
-is_expr bool // returns a value
+	is_expr     bool // returns a value
+	return_type table.Type
 	expr_type   table.Type // type of `x` in `match x {`
 	is_sum_type bool
 }
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ pub:
 
 pub struct SizeOf {
 pub:
+	typ       table.Type
 	type_name string
 }
 
@@ -641,6 +644,7 @@ enum BinaryOp {
 }
 */
 
+
 [inline]
 pub fn expr_is_blank_ident(expr Expr) bool {
 	match expr {
@@ -656,14 +660,13 @@ pub fn expr_is_blank_ident(expr Expr) bool {
 [inline]
 pub fn expr_is_call(expr Expr) bool {
 	return match expr {
-		CallExpr {
+		CallExpr{
 			true
 		}
-		MethodCallExpr {
+		MethodCallExpr{
 			true
 		}
 		else {
-			false
-		}
+			false}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index a8ddd7534d..809473d113 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ pub fn (c mut Checker) call_expr(call_expr mut ast.CallExpr) table.Type {
 
 // TODO: clean this up, remove dupe code & consider merging method/fn call everywhere
 pub fn (c mut Checker) method_call_expr(method_call_expr mut ast.MethodCallExpr) table.Type {
+	c.expected_type = table.void_type
 	typ := c.expr(method_call_expr.expr)
 	method_call_expr.expr_type = typ
 	typ_sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(typ)
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ pub fn (c mut Checker) array_init(array_init mut ast.ArrayInit) table.Type {
 			else {
 				c.error('expecting `int` for fixed size', array_init.pos)
 			}
-		}
+	}
 		idx := c.table.find_or_register_array_fixed(array_init.elem_type, fixed_size, 1)
 		array_type := table.new_type(idx)
 		array_init.typ = array_type
@@ -525,6 +526,7 @@ fn (c mut Checker) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 			c.expr(it.expr)
 		}
 		ast.FnDecl {
+			c.expected_type = table.void_type
 			c.fn_return_type = it.return_type
 			for stmt in it.stmts {
 				c.stmt(stmt)
@@ -815,14 +817,25 @@ pub fn (c mut Checker) match_expr(node mut ast.MatchExpr) table.Type {
 	}
 		}
 	}
+	// if ret_type != table.void_type {
+	// node.is_expr = c.expected_type != table.void_type
+	// node.expected_type = c.expected_type
+	// }
+	node.return_type = ret_type
 	node.expr_type = expr_type
 	// println('!m $expr_type')
 	return ret_type
 }
 
 pub fn (c mut Checker) if_expr(node mut ast.IfExpr) table.Type {
+	if c.expected_type != 0 {
+		// sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(c.expected_type)
+		// println('$c.file.path  $node.pos.line_nr IF: checker exp type = ' + sym.name)
+		node.is_expr = true
+	}
 	typ := c.expr(node.cond)
-	node.typ = typ
+	node.typ = table.void_type
+	// node.typ = typ
 	typ_sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(typ)
 	// if typ_sym.kind != .bool {
 	if table.type_idx(typ) != table.bool_type_idx {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
index 22ffab2b6d..bb58f54c99 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ mut:
 	is_array_set   bool
 	is_amp         bool // for `&Foo{}` to merge PrefixExpr `&` and StructInit `Foo{}`; also for `&byte(0)` etc
 	optionals      []string // to avoid duplicates TODO perf, use map
+	inside_ternary bool // ?: comma separated statements on a single line
 }
 
 pub fn cgen(files []ast.File, table &table.Table) string {
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ pub fn (g mut Gen) write_typedef_types() {
 				if !info.has_decl && !info.is_anon {
 					fn_name := func.name.replace('.', '__')
 					g.definitions.write('typedef ${g.typ(func.return_type)} (*$fn_name)(')
-					for i,arg in func.args {
+					for i, arg in func.args {
 						g.definitions.write(g.typ(arg.typ))
 						if i < func.args.len - 1 {
 							g.definitions.write(',')
@@ -191,7 +192,9 @@ pub fn (g mut Gen) reset_tmp_count() {
 fn (g mut Gen) stmts(stmts []ast.Stmt) {
 	for stmt in stmts {
 		g.stmt(stmt)
-		g.writeln('')
+		if !g.inside_ternary {
+			g.writeln('')
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -245,7 +248,9 @@ fn (g mut Gen) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 				// no ; after an if expression
 				ast.IfExpr {}
 				else {
-					g.writeln(';')
+					if !g.inside_ternary {
+						g.writeln(';')
+					}
 				}
 	}
 		}
@@ -342,7 +347,7 @@ fn (g mut Gen) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 // use instead of expr() when you need to cast to sum type (can add other casts also)
 fn (g mut Gen) expr_with_cast(got_type table.Type, exp_type table.Type, expr ast.Expr) {
 	// cast to sum type
-	if exp_type != table.void_type && exp_type != 0  && got_type != 0{
+	if exp_type != table.void_type && exp_type != 0 && got_type != 0 {
 		exp_sym := g.table.get_type_symbol(exp_type)
 		if exp_sym.kind == .sum_type {
 			sum_info := exp_sym.info as table.SumType
@@ -427,7 +432,8 @@ fn (g mut Gen) gen_assign_stmt(assign_stmt ast.AssignStmt) {
 					g.write(' = ')
 					if !is_decl {
 						g.expr_with_cast(assign_stmt.left_types[i], ident_var_info.typ, val)
-					} else {
+					}
+					else {
 						g.expr(val)
 					}
 				}
@@ -811,7 +817,8 @@ fn (g mut Gen) expr(node ast.Expr) {
 		*/
 
 		ast.SizeOf {
-			g.write('sizeof($it.type_name)')
+			styp := g.typ(it.typ)
+			g.write('sizeof($styp)')
 		}
 		ast.StringLiteral {
 			// In C calls we have to generate C strings
@@ -966,44 +973,65 @@ fn (g mut Gen) match_expr(node ast.MatchExpr) {
 		g.writeln('// match 0')
 		return
 	}
+	is_expr := node.return_type != table.void_type
+	if is_expr {
+		g.inside_ternary = true
+		// g.write('/* EM ret type=${g.typ(node.return_type)} */')
+	}
 	type_sym := g.table.get_type_symbol(node.expr_type)
 	mut tmp := ''
 	if type_sym.kind != .void {
 		tmp = g.new_tmp_var()
 	}
-	//styp := g.typ(node.expr_type)
-	//g.write('$styp $tmp = ')
-	//g.expr(node.cond)
-	//g.writeln(';') // $it.blocks.len')
+	// styp := g.typ(node.expr_type)
+	// g.write('$styp $tmp = ')
+	// g.expr(node.cond)
+	// g.writeln(';') // $it.blocks.len')
 	// mut sum_type_str = ''
 	for j, branch in node.branches {
 		if j == node.branches.len - 1 {
 			// last block is an `else{}`
-			g.writeln('else {')
+			if is_expr {
+				// TODO too many branches. maybe separate ?: matches
+				g.write(' : ')
+			}
+			else {
+				g.writeln('else {')
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			if j > 0 {
-				g.write('else ')
+				if is_expr {
+					g.write(' : ')
+				}
+				else {
+					g.write('else ')
+				}
+			}
+			if is_expr {
+				g.write('(')
+			}
+			else {
+				g.write('if (')
 			}
-			g.write('if (')
 			for i, expr in branch.exprs {
 				if node.is_sum_type {
-					g.expr(node.cond )
+					g.expr(node.cond)
 					g.write('.typ == ')
-					//g.write('${tmp}.typ == ')
+					// g.write('${tmp}.typ == ')
 					// sum_type_str
 				}
 				else if type_sym.kind == .string {
 					g.write('string_eq(')
 					//
-g.expr(node.cond)
-g.write(', ')
-					//g.write('string_eq($tmp, ')
+					g.expr(node.cond)
+					g.write(', ')
+					// g.write('string_eq($tmp, ')
 				}
 				else {
 					g.expr(node.cond)
 					g.write(' == ')
-					//g.write('$tmp == ')
+					// g.write('$tmp == ')
 				}
 				g.expr(expr)
 				if type_sym.kind == .string {
@@ -1013,7 +1041,12 @@ g.write(', ')
 					g.write(' || ')
 				}
 			}
-			g.writeln(') {')
+			if is_expr {
+				g.write(') ? ')
+			}
+			else {
+				g.writeln(') {')
+			}
 		}
 		if node.is_sum_type && branch.exprs.len > 0 {
 			// The first node in expr is an ast.Type
@@ -1022,7 +1055,10 @@ g.write(', ')
 			match fe {
 				ast.Type {
 					it_type := g.typ(it.typ)
-					g.writeln('$it_type* it = ($it_type*)${tmp}.obj; // ST it')
+					// g.writeln('$it_type* it = ($it_type*)${tmp}.obj; // ST it')
+					g.write('$it_type* it = ($it_type*)')
+					g.expr(node.cond)
+					g.writeln('.obj; // ST it')
 				}
 				else {
 					verror('match sum type')
@@ -1030,8 +1066,11 @@ g.write(', ')
 	}
 		}
 		g.stmts(branch.stmts)
-		g.writeln('}')
+		if !g.inside_ternary {
+			g.writeln('}')
+		}
 	}
+	g.inside_ternary = false
 }
 
 fn (g mut Gen) ident(node ast.Ident) {
@@ -1067,12 +1106,13 @@ fn (g mut Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 	}
 	// one line ?:
 	// TODO clean this up once `is` is supported
-	if node.stmts.len == 1 && node.else_stmts.len == 1 && type_sym.kind != .void {
+	if node.is_expr && node.stmts.len == 1 && node.else_stmts.len == 1 && type_sym.kind != .void {
 		cond := node.cond
 		stmt1 := node.stmts[0]
 		else_stmt1 := node.else_stmts[0]
 		match stmt1 {
 			ast.ExprStmt {
+				g.inside_ternary = true
 				g.expr(cond)
 				g.write(' ? ')
 				expr_stmt := stmt1 as ast.ExprStmt
@@ -1081,7 +1121,7 @@ fn (g mut Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 				g.stmt(else_stmt1)
 			}
 			else {}
-		}
+	}
 	}
 	else {
 		mut is_guard := false
@@ -1096,11 +1136,12 @@ fn (g mut Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 				g.writeln('if (($guard_ok = ${it.var_name}.ok)) {')
 			}
 			else {
+				g.inside_ternary = false
 				g.write('if (')
 				g.expr(node.cond)
 				g.writeln(') {')
 			}
-		}
+	}
 		for i, stmt in node.stmts {
 			// Assign ret value
 			if i == node.stmts.len - 1 && type_sym.kind != .void {}
@@ -1113,8 +1154,9 @@ fn (g mut Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 		g.writeln('}')
 		if node.else_stmts.len > 0 {
 			if is_guard {
-				g.writeln('if !$guard_ok { /* else */')
-			} else {
+				g.writeln('if (!$guard_ok) { /* else */')
+			}
+			else {
 				g.writeln('else { ')
 			}
 			for stmt in node.else_stmts {
@@ -1123,6 +1165,7 @@ fn (g mut Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 			g.writeln('}')
 		}
 	}
+	g.inside_ternary = false
 }
 
 fn (g mut Gen) index_expr(node ast.IndexExpr) {
@@ -1210,6 +1253,10 @@ fn (g mut Gen) index_expr(node ast.IndexExpr) {
 
 fn (g mut Gen) return_statement(it ast.Return) {
 	g.write('return')
+	if g.fn_decl.name == 'main' {
+		g.writeln(' 0;')
+		return
+	}
 	// multiple returns
 	if it.exprs.len > 1 {
 		typ_sym := g.table.get_type_symbol(g.fn_decl.return_type)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen_test.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen_test.v
index 1fda2f3692..4bc320b576 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen_test.v
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ fn compare_texts(a, b, path string) bool {
 			println('${path}: got\n$a')
 			println('${term_fail} ${i}')
 			println(term.red('i=$i "$line_a" expected="$line_b"'))
-			// println(lines_b[i + 1])
-			// println(lines_b[i + 2])
+			println(lines_b[i + 1])
+			println(lines_b[i + 2])
 			// exit(1)
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.c b/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.c
index 8ebca07f48..d85b2fff52 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.c
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ multi_return_int_string multi_return() {
 void variadic(varg_int a) {
 	int x = path_sep;
 	int y = true ? 1 : 0;
-;
 }
 
 void ensure_cap(int required, int cap) {
@@ -172,6 +171,9 @@ void matches() {
 	else {
 	}
 	;
+	string x = (a == 10) ? tos3("ten") : (a == 30) ? tos3("thirty") : tos3("unknown");
+	int xx = (a == 10) ? 100 : (a == 30) ? 300 : 0;
+	println((a == 10) ? tos3("ten") : tos3("not ten"));
 }
 
 //10
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.vv b/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.vv
index e31302772c..29c20e6b2d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/tests/1.vv
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ fn matches() {
 		}
 		else{}
 	}
+	x := match a {
+		10 { 'ten' }
+		30 { 'thirty' }
+		else { 'unknown' }
+	}
+	xx := match a {
+		10 { 100 }
+		30 { 300 }
+		else { 0 }
+	}
+	println(match a {  10 { 'ten' } else { 'not ten' } })
 	/*
 	n := match a {
 		1 { 10 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/tests/3.c b/vlib/v/gen/tests/3.c
index decd7407b7..9804a496b3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/tests/3.c
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/tests/3.c
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ void println(string s) {
 
 void handle_expr(Expr e) {
 	if (e.typ == _type_idx_IfExpr) {
-		IfExpr* it = (IfExpr*)tmp1.obj; // ST it
+		IfExpr* it = (IfExpr*)e.obj; // ST it
 		println(tos3("if"));
 	}
 	else if (e.typ == _type_idx_IntegerLiteral) {
-		IntegerLiteral* it = (IntegerLiteral*)tmp1.obj; // ST it
+		IntegerLiteral* it = (IntegerLiteral*)e.obj; // ST it
 		println(tos3("integer"));
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 6cf6ddce95..230916a03d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -748,10 +748,13 @@ pub fn (p mut Parser) expr(precedence int) ast.Expr {
 			if p.tok.kind == .amp {
 				p.next()
 			}
-			type_name := p.check_name()
+			// type_name := p.check_name()
+			sizeof_type := p.parse_type()
 			p.check(.rpar)
 			node = ast.SizeOf{
-				type_name: type_name
+				typ: sizeof_type
+				// type_name: type_name
+				
 			}
 		}
 		// Map `{"age": 20}` or `{ x | foo:bar, a:10 }`