diff -r 3bf7c007883d -r b67697fba413 src/Parser.cpp
--- a/src/Parser.cpp	Sun Aug 05 12:55:51 2012 -0700
+++ b/src/Parser.cpp	Sun Aug 05 14:19:05 2012 -0700
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
         if (match(TOK_NEW)) {
             if (!enterScope(Scope::BLOCK))
                 return NULL;
-            if ((decl = variableDeclaration(TOK_NEW)) == NULL)
+            if ((decl = vars(TOK_NEW)) == NULL)
                 return NULL;
         } else {
             if ((decl = expressionStatement()) == NULL)
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
     scope_ = scope_->enclosing();
 
     Scope *declScope = NULL;
-    if (decl && decl->isVariableDeclaration()) {
+    if (decl && (decl->isVariableDeclaration() || decl->isBlockStatement())) {
         declScope = scope_->unlinkIfEmpty();
         scope_ = scope_->enclosing();
     }
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 }
 
 VariableDeclaration *
-Parser::variableDeclaration(TokenKind kind)
+Parser::var(TokenKind kind)
 {
     Local<String> tag(zone_);
     if (matchName(tag.ref(), TOK_LABEL) && !tag)
@@ -748,6 +748,32 @@
 }
 
 Statement *
+Parser::vars(TokenKind kind)
+{
+    VariableDeclaration *decl = var(kind);
+    if (!decl)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (!peek(TOK_COMMA))
+        return decl;
+
+    StatementList *statements = new (pool_) StatementList();
+    if (!statements->append(decl))
+        return NULL;
+
+    while (match(TOK_COMMA)) {
+        Statement *decl = var(kind);
+        if (!decl)
+            return NULL;
+        if (!statements->append(decl))
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    // Create a fake-o block with no scope to create a statement list.
+    return new (pool_) BlockStatement(decl->pos(), NULL, statements);
+}
+
+Statement *
 Parser::returnStatement()
 {
     SourcePosition pos = scanner_.begin();
@@ -873,7 +899,7 @@
       case TOK_CONST:
       case TOK_NEW:
         scanner_.scan();
-        if ((statement = variableDeclaration(kind)) == NULL)
+        if ((statement = vars(kind)) == NULL)
             return NULL;
         break;
 
@@ -1270,8 +1296,11 @@
           case TOK_CONST:
           case TOK_NEW:
           {
+            // Note: at global scope, we don't accept comma-delimited
+            // declarations yet, to see if we can get away with forcing
+            // a nicer top-level style.
             scanner_.scan();
-            if ((statement = variableDeclaration(kind)) == NULL)
+            if ((statement = var(kind)) == NULL)
                return NULL;
             if (!matchSemicolon())
                 return NULL;