diff --git a/lib/comp.c b/lib/comp.c
index 25448af..9108bf8 100644
--- a/lib/comp.c
+++ b/lib/comp.c
@@ -4214,8 +4214,8 @@ static int compile_cons_xlist_expression (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_cnode_t* obj, int nret
 	}
 	else if (HCL_CNODE_IS_SYMBOL(car)  || HCL_CNODE_IS_DSYMBOL(car) ||
 	         HCL_CNODE_IS_CONS_CONCODED(car, HCL_CONCODE_XLIST) ||
-	         HCL_CNODE_IS_CONS_CONCODED(car, HCL_CONCODE_MLIST) /* ||
-	         HCL_CNODE_IS_CONS_CONCODED(car, HCL_CONCODE_ALIST)*/) /* NOTE: ALIST is only used in read.c and the reader transforms it to the set expression */
+	         HCL_CNODE_IS_CONS_CONCODED(car, HCL_CONCODE_MLIST) ||
+	         HCL_CNODE_IS_CONS_CONCODED(car, HCL_CONCODE_ALIST))
 	{
 		/* normal function call
 		 *  (<operator> <operand1> ...) */
diff --git a/lib/print.c b/lib/print.c
index a47ba1a..5b0bf82 100644
--- a/lib/print.c
+++ b/lib/print.c
@@ -829,11 +829,24 @@ void hcl_dumpcnode (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_cnode_t* cnode, int newline)
 				break;
 
 			case HCL_CNODE_CONS:
+			{
+				hcl_concode_t cc;
+
 				hcl_logbfmt (hcl, HCL_LOG_FATAL, " (");
 				hcl_dumpcnode (hcl, HCL_CNODE_CONS_CAR(cnode), 0);
+
+				cc = HCL_CNODE_CONS_CONCODE(cnode);
+				switch (cc)
+				{
+					case HCL_CONCODE_ALIST:
+						hcl_logbfmt (hcl, HCL_LOG_FATAL, " := ");
+						break;
+				}
+
 				hcl_dumpcnode (hcl, HCL_CNODE_CONS_CDR(cnode),0);
 				hcl_logbfmt (hcl, HCL_LOG_FATAL, ") ");
 				break;
+			}
 
 			case HCL_CNODE_ELIST:
 				hcl_logbfmt (hcl, HCL_LOG_FATAL, " () ", HCL_CNODE_GET_TOKLEN(cnode), HCL_CNODE_GET_TOKPTR(cnode));
diff --git a/t/var-02.hcl b/t/var-02.hcl
index 5dc34b2..ba39146 100644
--- a/t/var-02.hcl
+++ b/t/var-02.hcl
@@ -14,11 +14,25 @@ if (eqv? j 20) {
 	q := (x 30);
 };
 
-if (/= a 900) { print "ERROR: a is not 900\n" } \
+if (/= a 900) { printf "ERROR: a is not 900\n" } \
 else { printf "OK: %d\n" a };
 
-if (/= b 60) { print "ERROR: b is not 60\n" } \
+if (/= b 60) { printf "ERROR: b is not 60\n" } \
 else { printf "OK: %d\n" b };
 
-if (/= c 840) { print "ERROR: c is not 840\n" } \
+if (/= c 840) { printf "ERROR: c is not 840\n" } \
 else { printf "OK: %d\n" c };
+
+[aa,bb,cc] := ((xx := x) 10)
+
+if (/= aa 100) { printf "ERROR: aa is not 100\n" } \
+else { printf "OK: %d\n" aa };
+
+if (/= bb 20) { printf "ERROR: bb is not 20\n" } \
+else { printf "OK: %d\n" bb };
+
+if (/= cc 80) { printf "ERROR: cc is not 80\n" } \
+else { printf "OK: %d\n" cc };
+
+if (nqv? xx x) { printf "ERROR: xx is not equal to x\n"} \
+else { printf "OK: xx and x are equal\n" }