Fixes #1838

lib/coffee-script/grammar.js

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
     Assign: [
       o('Assignable = Expression', function() {
         return new Assign($1, $3);
+      }), o('Assignable = TERMINATOR Expression', function() {
+        return new Assign($1, $4);
       }), o('Assignable = INDENT Expression OUTDENT', function() {
         return new Assign($1, $4);
       })

src/grammar.coffee

@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ grammar =
   # Assignment of a variable, property, or index to a value.
   Assign: [
     o 'Assignable = Expression',                -> new Assign $1, $3
+    o 'Assignable = TERMINATOR Expression',     -> new Assign $1, $4
     o 'Assignable = INDENT Expression OUTDENT', -> new Assign $1, $4
   ]
 

test/assignment.coffee

@@ -331,3 +331,9 @@ test "#1643: splatted accesses in destructuring assignments should not be declar
         unless sub is nonce and sub2 is nonce2 and sub3 is nonce3 then throw new Error('[sub...]')
         """
       eq nonce, unless (try CoffeeScript.run code, bare: true catch e then true) then nonce
+
+test "#1838: Regression with variable assignment", ->
+  name =
+  'dave'
+  
+  eq name, 'dave'