From 09948ad68fad3a5e8e74077f4d6923a87cdcb96b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Medvednikov <alexander@medvednikov.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:42:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] parser: fix chained methods not parsing correctly when . is
 separated from name (fixes #23258)

---
 vlib/v/parser/parser.v                        | 19 +++++++++----------
 .../fns/method_call_chained_multiline_test.v  |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_chained_multiline_test.v

diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 76c547ff7..f0fbc01c3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -2248,7 +2248,15 @@ fn (mut p Parser) dot_expr(left ast.Expr) ast.Expr {
 	} else {
 		p.name_error = true
 	}
-	is_builtin_array_generic_method := ast.builtin_array_generic_methods_matcher.matches(field_name)
+	if ast.builtin_array_generic_methods_matcher.matches(field_name) {
+		if p.file_backend_mode == .v || p.file_backend_mode == .c {
+			p.register_auto_import('builtin.closure')
+		}
+		p.open_scope()
+		defer(fn) {
+			p.close_scope()
+		}
+	}
 	// ! in mutable methods
 	if p.tok.kind == .not && p.peek_tok.kind == .lpar {
 		p.next()
@@ -2270,15 +2278,6 @@ fn (mut p Parser) dot_expr(left ast.Expr) ast.Expr {
 		}
 	}
 	if p.tok.kind == .lpar {
-		if is_builtin_array_generic_method {
-			if p.file_backend_mode == .v || p.file_backend_mode == .c {
-				p.register_auto_import('builtin.closure')
-			}
-			p.open_scope()
-			defer(fn) {
-				p.close_scope()
-			}
-		}
 		p.next()
 		args := p.call_args()
 		p.check(.rpar)
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_chained_multiline_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_chained_multiline_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ec645cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_chained_multiline_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+fn test_method_call_chained_multiline() {
+	mut s := ' a b '
+	// vfmt off
+	s = s. trim_space().
+		replace(' ', '').
+		to_upper()
+	// vfmt on
+	assert s == 'AB'
+}
-- 
2.39.5