diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 52da24e39e..37ccd5c5cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -609,3 +609,4 @@ jobs:
         ./v test-parser examples/hello_world.v
         ./v test-parser examples/hanoi.v
         ./v test-parser examples/fibonacci.v
+        ./v test-parser examples/cli.v
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vtest-parser.v b/cmd/tools/vtest-parser.v
index 233a16c78d..4cd4f2c242 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vtest-parser.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vtest-parser.v
@@ -140,13 +140,6 @@ fn yellow(msg string) string {
 	return term.yellow(msg)
 }
 
-fn italic(msg string) string {
-	if !support_color {
-		return msg
-	}
-	return term.italic(msg)
-}
-
 fn (mut context Context) log(msg string) {
 	if context.is_verbose {
 		label := yellow('info')
@@ -219,7 +212,7 @@ fn (mut context Context) process_whole_file_in_worker(path string) (int, int) {
 			col := last_line.len
 			err := if is_panic { red('parser failure: panic') } else { red('parser failure: crash, ${ecode_details[res.exit_code.str()]}') }
 			path_to_line := bold('$path:$line:$col:')
-			err_line := italic(last_line.trim_left('\t'))
+			err_line := last_line.trim_left('\t')
 			println('$path_to_line $err')
 			println('\t$line | $err_line')
 			println('')
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/if_match.v b/vlib/v/parser/if_match.v
index 4d6bac25b6..eeed18da41 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/if_match.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/if_match.v
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) match_expr() ast.MatchExpr {
 		p.check(.lcbr)
 	}
 	mut branches := []ast.MatchBranch{}
-	for {
+	for p.tok.kind != .eof {
 		branch_first_pos := p.tok.position()
 		comments := p.eat_comments() // comments before {}
 		mut exprs := []ast.Expr{}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index f2ff629167..524b554a58 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -352,12 +352,8 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) parse_block_no_scope(is_top_level bool) []ast.Stmt {
 	mut stmts := []ast.Stmt{}
 	if p.tok.kind != .rcbr {
 		mut c := 0
-		for {
+		for p.tok.kind !in [.eof, .rcbr] {
 			stmts << p.stmt(is_top_level)
-			// p.warn('after stmt(): tok=$p.tok.str()')
-			if p.tok.kind in [.eof, .rcbr] {
-				break
-			}
 			c++
 			if c % 100000 == 0 {
 				eprintln('parsed $c statements so far from fn $p.cur_fn_name ...')
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/struct.v b/vlib/v/parser/struct.v
index 0663c12bed..3caf58b8c4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/struct.v
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) struct_init(short_syntax bool) ast.StructInit {
 	// p.warn(is_short_syntax.str())
 	saved_is_amp := p.is_amp
 	p.is_amp = false
-	for p.tok.kind != .rcbr && p.tok.kind != .rpar {
+	for p.tok.kind !in [.rcbr, .rpar, .eof] {
 		mut field_name := ''
 		mut expr := ast.Expr{}
 		mut field_pos := token.Position{}