@@ -138,16 +138,17 @@
 		Table newCtx = overwriteCtx ? ctx : new Table(ctx, Table.Kind.NotPropagateSet);
 		if( isASTLayer(lay) )
 			return ast2table(e, (AST ee){
 				// need this for correct scoping (outer scope macro variables must be hidden!)
-				if(ee is e.expr)
+				if(e.name!="_" && ee is e.expr)
 					newCtx.set(e.name, NoopLayer, null);
 				return eval(ee,lay,newCtx);
 			});
 		else
 		{
 			Value ri = eval(e.init, lay, newCtx);
-			newCtx.set(e.name, e.layer.empty ? lay : e.layer, ri);
+			if(e.name!="_")
+				newCtx.set(e.name, e.layer.empty ? lay : e.layer, ri);
 			return eval(e.expr, lay, newCtx, OverwriteCtx);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -462,8 +463,13 @@
 	auto e = new Evaluator;
 	enrollRuntimeLibrary(e);
 	assert_nothrow( e.evalString(`case 1`) );
 	assert_nothrow( e.evalString(`case 1 when 1: 2`) );
+
+	// this is a shorthand for
+	//   @macro x = fun(){} in @macro(x)
+	// so it is ok to fail, but it is really incovenient on REPL
+	assert_nothrow( e.evalString(`@macro x=fun(){}`) );
 }
 
 /*
 unittest