diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8929d19..d6ffca2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,40 +39,40 @@ configure_file(Doxyfile.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile)
 include(CTest)
 include(CPack)
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(READLINE_LIBRARY NAMES readline PATH /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib)
+find_library(READLINE_LIBRARY NAMES readline PATH /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/local/lib)
 
 enable_testing()
 
 
-MESSAGE(STATUS "Detecting readline support")
+message(STATUS "Detecting readline support")
 if (READLINE_LIBRARY)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found: ${READLINE_LIBRARY}")
-    SET (READLINE_LIB readline)
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(/DREADLINE_AVAILABLE)
+    message(STATUS "Found: ${READLINE_LIBRARY}")
+    set (READLINE_LIB readline)
+    add_definitions(/DREADLINE_AVAILABLE)
 else(READLINE_LIBRARY)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Not Found")
-    SET (READLINE_LIB )
-    SET (READLINE_FLAG )
+    message(STATUS "Not Found")
+    set (READLINE_LIB )
+    set (READLINE_FLAG )
 endif(READLINE_LIBRARY)
 
-IF(MSVC)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(/W4)
-  IF(CMAKE_CL_64)
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(/bigobj)
-   ENDIF()
-ELSE()
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic) 
+if(MSVC)
+  add_definitions(/W4)
+  if(CMAKE_CL_64)
+    add_definitions(/bigobj)
+   endif()
+else()
+  add_definitions(-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic)
 
-  IF (APPLE)
+  if (APPLE)
     # -Wno-missing-field-initializers is for boost on macos
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-sign-compare)
-  ENDIF()
-ENDIF()
+    add_definitions(-Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-sign-compare)
+  endif()
+endif()
 
 include_directories(include)
- 
-SET(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.44" "1.44.0" "1.43" "1.43.0" "1.42" "1.42.0" "1.41")
-SET(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
+
+set(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.44" "1.44.0" "1.43" "1.43.0" "1.42" "1.42.0" "1.41")
+set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
 
 if (MULTITHREAD_SUPPORT_ENABLED)
   find_package(Boost 1.36.0 COMPONENTS thread)
@@ -83,18 +83,18 @@ if (MULTITHREAD_SUPPORT_ENABLED)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Can not find Boost")
   endif(Boost_FOUND)
 else()
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCHAISCRIPT_NO_THREADS)
+  add_definitions(-DCHAISCRIPT_NO_THREADS)
 endif()
 
 if (CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
-  SET(DYNAMIC_LOADER "dl")
+  set(DYNAMIC_LOADER "dl")
 endif(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
 
 if (MSVC)
   # Boost on MSVC does automatic linking
-  SET(LIBS ${DYNAMIC_LOADER} ${READLINE_LIB})
+  set(LIBS ${DYNAMIC_LOADER} ${READLINE_LIB})
 else()
-  SET(LIBS ${DYNAMIC_LOADER} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${READLINE_LIB})
+  set(LIBS ${DYNAMIC_LOADER} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${READLINE_LIB})
 endif()
 
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_2005)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ file(GLOB UNIT_TESTS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unittests/ ${CMAKE_CUR
 
 list(SORT UNIT_TESTS)
 
-IF(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
   option(UNIT_TEST_LIGHT "Unit tests light (expect module loading failures)" FALSE)
 
   foreach(filename ${UNIT_TESTS})
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ IF(BUILD_TESTING)
     add_test(${filename} chai ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unittests/unit_test.inc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unittests/${filename})
   endforeach(filename)
 
-  SET_PROPERTY(TEST ${UNIT_TESTS}
+  set_property(TEST ${UNIT_TESTS}
    PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT
     "CHAI_USE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unittests/"
     "CHAI_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/"
   )
 
-  IF (NOT UNIT_TEST_LIGHT)
+  if (NOT UNIT_TEST_LIGHT)
     add_executable(utility_test unittests/utility_test.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(utility_test ${LIBS})
     add_test(NAME Utility_Test COMMAND utility_test)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ IF(BUILD_TESTING)
     add_executable(functor_cast_test unittests/functor_cast_test.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(functor_cast_test ${LIBS})
     add_test(NAME Functor_Cast_Test COMMAND functor_cast_test)
-    
+
     add_executable(boxed_cast_test unittests/boxed_cast_test.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(boxed_cast_test ${LIBS})
     add_test(NAME Boxed_Cast_Test COMMAND boxed_cast_test)
@@ -188,29 +188,28 @@ IF(BUILD_TESTING)
     target_link_libraries(test_module ${LIBS})
 
     install(TARGETS test_module RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/chaiscript)
-  ENDIF()
-ENDIF(BUILD_TESTING)
+  endif()
+endif(BUILD_TESTING)
 
 install(TARGETS chai ${MODULES} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib/chaiscript )
-install(DIRECTORY include/chaiscript DESTINATION include 
+install(DIRECTORY include/chaiscript DESTINATION include
    PATTERN "*.hpp"
    PATTERN "*/.svn*" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "*/.git*" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE)
-install(DIRECTORY unittests DESTINATION share/chaiscript 
+install(DIRECTORY unittests DESTINATION share/chaiscript
    PATTERN "*.chai" 
    PATTERN "*.inc"
    PATTERN "*/.svn*" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "*/.git*" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE)
-install(DIRECTORY samples DESTINATION share/chaiscript 
+install(DIRECTORY samples DESTINATION share/chaiscript
    PATTERN "*.chai"
    PATTERN "*/.svn*" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "*/.git*" EXCLUDE
    PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE)
-        
 
 configure_file(contrib/pkgconfig/chaiscript.pc.in lib/pkgconfig/chaiscript.pc @ONLY)
-install(FILES "${chaiscript_BINARY_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig/chaiscript.pc" 
-	DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
+install(FILES "${chaiscript_BINARY_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig/chaiscript.pc"
+        DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
 
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index c9fa7dc..8db4b2e 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ namespace chaiscript
        */
       bool Float_() {
         bool retval = false;
-        std::string::const_iterator start = m_input_pos;
 
         if (has_more_input() && char_in_alphabet(*m_input_pos,detail::float_alphabet) ) {
           while (has_more_input() && char_in_alphabet(*m_input_pos,detail::int_alphabet) ) {
@@ -1478,7 +1477,6 @@ namespace chaiscript
          */
         bool Dot_Fun_Array() {
           bool retval = false;
-          std::string::const_iterator prev_pos = m_input_pos;
 
           size_t prev_stack_top = m_match_stack.size();
           if (Lambda() || Num(true) || Quoted_String(true) || Single_Quoted_String(true) ||