diff --git a/bin/main.c b/bin/main.c
index 74883e0..ef6bc45 100644
--- a/bin/main.c
+++ b/bin/main.c
@@ -455,8 +455,6 @@ static int on_fed_cnode_in_interactive_mode (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_cnode_t* obj)
 static int feed_loop (hcl_t* hcl, xtn_t* xtn, int verbose)
 {
 	FILE* fp = HCL_NULL;
-	hcl_bch_t buf[1024];
-	hcl_oow_t xlen;
 	int is_tty;
 
 	fp = fopen(xtn->cci_path, FOPEN_R_FLAGS);
@@ -479,6 +477,10 @@ static int feed_loop (hcl_t* hcl, xtn_t* xtn, int verbose)
 	/* [NOTE] it isn't a very nice idea to get this internal data and use it with read_input() */
 	while (1)
 	{
+	#if 0
+		hcl_bch_t buf[1024];
+		hcl_oow_t xlen;
+
 		xlen = fread(buf, HCL_SIZEOF(buf[0]), HCL_COUNTOF(buf), fp);
 		if (xlen > 0 && hcl_feedbchars(hcl, buf, xlen) <= -1) goto feed_error;
 		if (xlen < HCL_COUNTOF(buf))
@@ -490,6 +492,22 @@ static int feed_loop (hcl_t* hcl, xtn_t* xtn, int verbose)
 			}
 			break;
 		}
+	#else
+		hcl_bch_t bch;
+		int ch = fgetc(fp);
+		if (ch == EOF)
+		{
+			if (ferror(fp))
+			{
+				hcl_logbfmt (hcl, HCL_LOG_STDERR, "ERROR: failed to read - %hs - %hs\n", xtn->cci_path, strerror(errno));
+				goto oops;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bch = ch;
+		if (hcl_feedbchars(hcl, &bch, 1) <= -1) goto feed_error;
+	#endif
 	}
 
 	if (hcl_endfeed(hcl) <= -1)
diff --git a/lib/read.c b/lib/read.c
index b1e46ee..0ff52ff 100644
--- a/lib/read.c
+++ b/lib/read.c
@@ -669,6 +669,16 @@ static HCL_INLINE hcl_cnode_t* leave_list (hcl_t* hcl, int* flagv, int* oldflagv
 	return hcl_makecnodeelist(hcl, &loc, concode);
 }
 
+static HCL_INLINE int is_at_block_beginning (hcl_t* hcl)
+{
+	hcl_rstl_t* rstl;
+
+	HCL_ASSERT (hcl, hcl->c->r.st != HCL_NULL);
+	rstl = hcl->c->r.st;
+
+	return (LIST_FLAG_GET_CONCODE(rstl->flagv) == HCL_CONCODE_BLOCK && rstl->count <= 0);
+}
+
 static HCL_INLINE int can_dot_list (hcl_t* hcl)
 {
 	hcl_rstl_t* rstl;
@@ -1038,6 +1048,11 @@ static int feed_process_token (hcl_t* hcl)
 			frd->expect_include_file = 1;
 			goto ok;
 
+		case HCL_TOK_PRAGMA:
+			/* TODO: implement this */
+			hcl_setsynerr (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_ILTOK, TOKEN_LOC(hcl), TOKEN_NAME(hcl));
+			goto oops;
+
 		case HCL_TOK_VBAR:
 			if (frd->expect_vlist_item)
 			{