=== modified file 'bin/aat_macros.sed'
--- bin/aat_macros.sed	2013-09-28 19:59:05 +0000
+++ bin/aat_macros.sed	2013-09-16 23:15:18 +0000
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 s/^[[:space:]]*ENDIF[[:space:]]*$/}/
 
 s/^[[:space:]]*@for[[:space:]]\+\([[:alnum:]]\+\)[[:space:]]\+in[[:space:]]\+\(.\+\)$/for(_loop_\1=loop_start("\2", "\1."); loop_iter(_loop_\1);) {/
-s/^[[:space:]]*@for[[:space:]]\+\([[:alnum:]]\+\)[[:space:]]\+var[[:space:]]\+\(.\+\)$/for(_loop_\1=loop_start(\2, "\1."); loop_iter(_loop_\1);) {/
 s/^[[:space:]]*@endfor[[:space:]]*$/} loop_end()/
 s/^[[:space:]]*@if[[:space:]]\+\(.\+\)$/if(\1) {\n/
 s/^[[:space:]]*@elif[[:space:]]\+\(.\+\)$/} else if(\1) {\n/

=== modified file 'data.awk'
--- data.awk	2013-09-28 19:59:05 +0000
+++ data.awk	2013-09-16 23:15:18 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	next
 }
 
-/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*=\[$/ {
+/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*=\[$/ {
 	# start of field list
 	state = 1
 	m = match($0, ident_re)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	next
 }
 
-/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*=/ {
+/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*=/ {
 	m = match($0, ident_re)
 	varname = substr($0, m, RLENGTH)
 	V[varname] = substr($0, m+1+RLENGTH)
@@ -48,12 +48,9 @@
 	next
 }
 
-/^#/ { next }
-/^$/ { next }
-
 {
 	# TODO posix compliance
-	print "data.awk: unparseable line: '"$0"'" >"/dev/stderr"
+	print "unparseable line: " $0 >"/dev/stderr"
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -115,10 +112,6 @@
 	return V[varname]
 }
 
-function or_(a, b) {
-	return a ? a : b
-}
-
 # for testing it out, set TEST=1 on commandline
 END {
 	if(TEST) {