1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb
index def462129..c3c53a528 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/lexer.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Lexer
     end
 
     TOKENS = TokenList.new
+
+    TOKENS.add_token :VARIABLE, %r{(\w*::)*\w+}
+    def (TOKENS[:VARIABLE]).acceptable?(context={})
+        [:DQPRE,:DQMID].include? context[:after]
+    end
+
     TOKENS.add_tokens(
         '[' => :LBRACK,
         ']' => :RBRACK,
@@ -231,10 +237,6 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Lexer
         [TOKENS[:VARIABLE],value[1..-1]]
     end
 
-    TOKENS.add_token :VARIABLE, %r{(\w*::)*\w+}
-    def (TOKENS[:VARIABLE]).acceptable?(context={})
-        [:DQPRE,:DQMID].include? context[:after]
-    end
 
 
     TOKENS.sort_tokens