From aadd12965bc37a9ba8aa4527e24c02e9063f2656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Vogt <holger.vogt@uni-due.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:15:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Enable plain expression instead of only a number for area in
 bipolr device instances.

---
 src/frontend/inpcom.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 031dd9d5b..40d1809d6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -5283,7 +5283,6 @@ int get_number_terminals(char *c)
             /* required to make m= 1 a single token m=1 */
             ccfree = cc = inp_remove_ws(cc);
             for (i = j = 0; (i < 12) && (*cc != '\0'); ++i) {
-                char* comma;
 
                 name[i] = gettok_instance(&cc);
                 if (search_plain_identifier(name[i], "off")) {
@@ -5298,6 +5297,10 @@ int get_number_terminals(char *c)
                 if (strchr(name[i], '=')) {
                     break;
                 }
+                /* an expression for area {...}, (without area={...})*/
+                if (*name[i] == '{') {
+                    break;
+                }
             }
             i--;
             tfree(ccfree);