diff --git a/lib/hcl.h b/lib/hcl.h
index b33b118..b8db134 100644
--- a/lib/hcl.h
+++ b/lib/hcl.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ enum hcl_synerrnum_t
 	HCL_SYNERR_STRCHRNC,      /* string/character not closed */
 	HCL_SYNERR_HASHLIT,       /* wrong hashed literal */
 	HCL_SYNERR_CHARLIT,       /* wrong character literal */
-	HCL_SYNERR_RADNUMLIT ,    /* invalid numeric literal with radix */
+	HCL_SYNERR_NUMLIT ,       /* invalid numeric literal */
 	HCL_SYNERR_NUMRANGE,      /* number range error */
 	HCL_SYNERR_ERRORLIT,      /* wrong error literal */
 	HCL_SYNERR_SMPTRLIT,      /* wrong smptr literal */
diff --git a/lib/number.c b/lib/number.c
index 331e77e..83314b0 100644
--- a/lib/number.c
+++ b/lib/number.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ hcl_oop_t hcl_divnums (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_oop_t x, hcl_oop_t y)
 
 	nv = xv;
 
-	hcl_pushtmp (hcl, &y);
+	hcl_pushtmp (hcl, &yv);
 	for (i = 0; i < ys; i++)
 	{
 		nv = hcl_mulints(hcl, nv, HCL_SMOOI_TO_OOP(10));
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ hcl_oop_t hcl_divnums (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_oop_t x, hcl_oop_t y)
 		}
 	}
 
-	nv = hcl_divints(hcl, nv, y, 0, HCL_NULL);
+	nv = hcl_divints(hcl, nv, yv, 0, HCL_NULL);
 	hcl_poptmp (hcl);
 	if (!nv) return HCL_NULL;
 
diff --git a/lib/obj.c b/lib/obj.c
index b232174..159ec7c 100644
--- a/lib/obj.c
+++ b/lib/obj.c
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ hcl_oop_t hcl_makefpdec (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_oop_t value, hcl_ooi_t scale)
 {
 	hcl_oop_fpdec_t f;
 
-	if (!HCL_IN_SMOOI_RANGE(scale))
+	HCL_ASSERT (hcl, hcl_isint(hcl, value));
+
+	if (scale <= 0) return value; /* if scale is 0 or less, return the value as it it */
+
+	if (scale > HCL_SMOOI_MAX)
 	{
 		hcl_seterrbfmt (hcl, HCL_EINVAL, "fpdec scale too large - %zd", scale);
 		return HCL_NULL;
diff --git a/lib/read.c b/lib/read.c
index ba6ee44..ecc0046 100644
--- a/lib/read.c
+++ b/lib/read.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static int get_radix_number (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_ooci_t rc, int radix)
 
 	if (CHAR_TO_NUM(c, radix) >= radix)
 	{
-		hcl_setsynerrbfmt (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_RADNUMLIT, TOKEN_LOC(hcl), TOKEN_NAME(hcl), 
+		hcl_setsynerrbfmt (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_NUMLIT, TOKEN_LOC(hcl), TOKEN_NAME(hcl), 
 			"no digit after radix specifier in %.*js", hcl->c->tok.name.len, hcl->c->tok.name.ptr);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static int get_radix_number (hcl_t* hcl, hcl_ooci_t rc, int radix)
 		}
 		while (!is_delimiter(c));
 
-		hcl_setsynerrbfmt (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_RADNUMLIT, TOKEN_LOC(hcl), TOKEN_NAME(hcl),
+		hcl_setsynerrbfmt (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_NUMLIT, TOKEN_LOC(hcl), TOKEN_NAME(hcl),
 			"invalid digit in radixed number in %.*js", hcl->c->tok.name.len, hcl->c->tok.name.ptr);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1154,6 +1154,11 @@ retry:
 					SET_TOKEN_TYPE (hcl, HCL_IOTOK_FPDECLIT);
 					ADD_TOKEN_CHAR (hcl, c);
 					GET_CHAR_TO (hcl, c);
+					if (!is_digitchar(c))
+					{
+						hcl_setsynerrbfmt (hcl, HCL_SYNERR_NUMLIT, TOKEN_LOC(hcl), TOKEN_NAME(hcl), "invalid numeric literal with no digit after fixed-point");
+						return -1;
+					}
 				}
 
 				if (!is_digitchar(c))