diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
index 58ed87941..1c9006f38 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ bool OpenDDLParser::parse() {
     
     normalizeBuffer( m_buffer );
 
+    std::cout << &m_buffer[0] << std::endl;
+
     m_context = new Context;
     m_context->m_root = DDLNode::create( "root", "", ddl_nullptr );
     pushNode( m_context->m_root );
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseHeader( char *in, char *end ) {
     dumpId( id );
 #endif // DEBUG_HEADER_NAME
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     Property *first( ddl_nullptr );
     if( ddl_nullptr != id ) {
         if( *in == '(' ) {
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseHeader( char *in, char *end ) {
             Property *prop( ddl_nullptr ), *prev( ddl_nullptr );
             while( *in != ')' && in != end ) {
                 in = OpenDDLParser::parseProperty( in, end, &prop );
-                in = getNextToken( in, end );
+                in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
 
                 if( *in != ',' && *in != ')' ) {
                     logInvalidTokenError( in, ")", m_logCallback );
@@ -288,21 +290,20 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseStructure( char *in, char *end ) {
     }
 
     bool error( false );
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     if( *in == '{' ) {
         // loop over all children ( data and nodes )
         do {
             in = parseStructureBody( in, end, error );
         } while ( *in != '}' );
         in++;
-    }
-    else {
+    } else {
         in++;
         logInvalidTokenError( in, std::string( Grammar::OpenBracketToken ), m_logCallback );
         error = true;
         return in;
     }
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     
     // pop node from stack after successful parsing
     if( !error ) {
@@ -341,12 +342,13 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseStructureBody( char *in, char *end, bool &error ) {
         in++;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     Value::ValueType type( Value::ddl_none );
     size_t arrayLen( 0 );
     in = OpenDDLParser::parsePrimitiveDataType( in, end, type, arrayLen );
     if( Value::ddl_none != type ) {
-        in = getNextToken( in, end );
+        // parse a primitive data type
+        in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
         if( *in == '{' ) {
             Reference *refs( ddl_nullptr );
             DataArrayList *dtArrayList( ddl_nullptr );
@@ -365,13 +367,14 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseStructureBody( char *in, char *end, bool &error ) {
             }
         }
 
-        in = getNextToken( in, end );
+        in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
         if( *in != '}' ) {
             logInvalidTokenError( in, std::string( Grammar::CloseBracketToken ), m_logCallback );
         } else {
             //in++;
         }
     } else {
+        // parse a complex data type
         in = parseNextNode( in, end );
     }
 
@@ -429,15 +432,16 @@ void OpenDDLParser::normalizeBuffer( std::vector<char> &buffer) {
     for( size_t readIdx = 0; readIdx<len; ++readIdx ) {
         char *c( &buffer[readIdx] );
         // check for a comment
-        if( !isComment<char>( c, end ) ) {
+        if( !isComment<char>( c, end ) && !isNewLine( *c ) ) {
             newBuffer.push_back( buffer[ readIdx ] );
         } else {
-            readIdx++;
-            // skip the comment and the rest of the line
-            while( !isEndofLine( buffer[ readIdx ] ) ) {
+            if( isComment<char>( c, end ) ) {
                 readIdx++;
+                // skip the comment and the rest of the line
+                while( !isEndofLine( buffer[ readIdx ] ) ) {
+                    readIdx++;
+                }
             }
-            newBuffer.push_back( '\n' );
         }
     }
     buffer = newBuffer;
@@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseName( char *in, char *end, Name **name ) {
     }
 
     // ignore blanks
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     if( *in != '$' && *in != '%' ) {
         return in;
     }
@@ -480,7 +484,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseIdentifier( char *in, char *end, Identifier **id ) {
     }
 
     // ignore blanks
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     
     // staring with a number is forbidden
     if( isNumeric<const char>( *in ) ) {
@@ -521,7 +525,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parsePrimitiveDataType( char *in, char *end, Value::ValueTy
     }
 
     if( Value::ddl_none == type ) {
-        in = getNextToken( in, end );
+        in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
         return in;
     } else {
         in += prim_len;
@@ -582,7 +586,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseBooleanLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **boolean )
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     char *start( in );
     size_t len( 0 );
     while( !isSeparator( *in ) && in != end ) {
@@ -617,7 +621,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseIntegerLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **integer,
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     char *start( in );
     while( !isSeparator( *in ) && in != end ) {
         in++;
@@ -653,7 +657,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseFloatingLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **floating
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     char *start( in );
     while( !isSeparator( *in ) && in != end ) {
         in++;
@@ -686,7 +690,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseStringLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **stringData
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     size_t len( 0 );
     char *start( in );
     if( *start == '\"' ) {
@@ -719,7 +723,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseHexaLiteral( char *in, char *end, Value **data ) {
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     if( *in != '0' ) {
         return in;
     }
@@ -765,11 +769,11 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseProperty( char *in, char *end, Property **prop ) {
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     Identifier *id( ddl_nullptr );
     in = parseIdentifier( in, end, &id );
     if( ddl_nullptr != id ) {
-        in = getNextToken( in, end );
+        in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
         if( *in == '=' ) {
             in++;
             in = getNextToken( in, end );
@@ -805,13 +809,13 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseDataList( char *in, char *end, Value **data, size_t &n
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     if( *in == '{' ) {
         in++;
         Value *current( ddl_nullptr ), *prev( ddl_nullptr );
         while( '}' != *in ) {
             current = ddl_nullptr;
-            in = getNextToken( in, end );
+            in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
             if( isInteger( in, end ) ) {
                 in = parseIntegerLiteral( in, end, &current );
             } else if( isFloat( in, end ) ) {
@@ -858,7 +862,7 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseDataArrayList( char *in, char *end, DataArrayList **da
         return in;
     }
 
-    in = getNextToken( in, end );
+    in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
     if( *in == Grammar::OpenBracketToken[ 0 ] ) {
         in++;
         Value *current( ddl_nullptr );
@@ -882,6 +886,8 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseDataArrayList( char *in, char *end, DataArrayList **da
                 }
             }
         } while( ',' == *in && in != end );
+        in = lookForNextToken( in, end );
+        in++;
     }
 
     return in;
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h
index 67d3322e0..068c028b7 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h
@@ -43,13 +43,26 @@ struct Property;
 
 template<class T>
 inline
-T *getNextToken( T *in, T *end ) {
+T *lookForNextToken( T *in, T *end ) {
     while( ( isSpace( *in ) || isNewLine( *in ) || ',' == *in ) && ( in != end ) ) {
         in++;
     }
     return in;
 }
 
+template<class T>
+inline
+T *getNextToken( T *in, T *end ) {
+    T *tmp( in );
+    while( ( isSpace( *in ) || isNewLine( *in ) || ',' == *in ) && ( in != end ) ) {
+        in++;
+    }
+    if( tmp == in ) {
+        in++;
+    }
+    return in;
+}
+
 ///	@brief  Defines the log severity.
 enum LogSeverity {
     ddl_debug_msg = 0,  ///< Debug message, for debugging