diff --git a/smop/backend.py b/smop/backend.py
index 8ac04d92..7c8a8b31 100644
--- a/smop/backend.py
+++ b/smop/backend.py
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ def _backend(self,level=0):
 def _backend(self,level=0):
     return "global %s" % self.global_list._backend()
 
-@extend(node.ravel)
-def _backend(self,level=0):
-    return "%s.ravel()" % self.args[0]._backend()
+#@extend(node.ravel)
+#def _backend(self,level=0):
+#    return "%s.ravel()" % self.args[0]._backend()
 
 @extend(node.return_stmt)
 def _backend(self,level=0):
diff --git a/smop/lexer.py b/smop/lexer.py
index 315bbfa9..5e068267 100644
--- a/smop/lexer.py
+++ b/smop/lexer.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def t_ERROR_STMT(t):
 
     # keep multiline comments
     def t_COMMENT(t):
-        r"(^[ \t]*[%#][^!].*\n)+"
+        r"(^[ \t]*[%#][^!\n].*\n)+"
         t.lexer.lineno += t.value.count("\n")
         if not options.no_comments:
             t.type = "COMMENT"
diff --git a/smop/parse.py b/smop/parse.py
index a174db95..98b93fc6 100644
--- a/smop/parse.py
+++ b/smop/parse.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def p_funcall_expr(p):
     """expr : expr LPAREN expr_list RPAREN 
             | expr LPAREN RPAREN
     """
-    if (0 and len(p)==5 and
+    if (len(p)==5 and
         len(p[3])==1 and 
         p[3][0].__class__ is node.expr and
         p[3][0].op == ":" and not p[3][0].args):
@@ -845,7 +845,11 @@ def parse(buf):
 
     if "1" in options.debug:
         for i,pi in enumerate(p):
-            print i,pi.__class__.__name__,str(pi)[:50]
+            print i,pi.__class__.__name__,pi._backend()
+
+    if "p" in options.debug:
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
 
     for i in range(len(p)):
         if isinstance(p[i], node.func_stmt):
diff --git a/smop/version.py b/smop/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a753b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smop/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = '0.28'