diff --git a/parser/walk.go b/parser/walk.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bb9ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/walk.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package parser
+
+// Walk traverses an AST in depth-first order: It starts by calling fn(node);
+// node must not be nil.  If f returns true, Walk invokes f recursively for
+// each of the non-nil children of node, followed by a call of f(nil).
+func Walk(node Node, fn func(Node) bool) {
+	if !fn(node) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch n := node.(type) {
+	case *ObjectList:
+		for _, item := range n.items {
+			Walk(item, fn)
+		}
+	case *ObjectKey:
+		// nothing to do
+	case *ObjectItem:
+		for _, k := range n.keys {
+			Walk(k, fn)
+		}
+		Walk(n.val, fn)
+	case *LiteralType:
+		// nothing to do
+	case *ListType:
+		for _, l := range n.list {
+			Walk(l, fn)
+		}
+	case *ObjectType:
+		for _, l := range n.list {
+			Walk(l, fn)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn(nil)
+}
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index 42234a2..1d6696f 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanEscape() rune {
 }
 
 // scanDigits scans a rune with the given base for n times. For example an
-// octan notation \184 would yield in scanDigits(ch, 8, 3)
+// octal notation \184 would yield in scanDigits(ch, 8, 3)
 func (s *Scanner) scanDigits(ch rune, base, n int) rune {
 	for n > 0 && digitVal(ch) < base {
 		ch = s.next()
@@ -436,7 +436,10 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanIdentifier() string {
 	for isLetter(ch) || isDigit(ch) {
 		ch = s.next()
 	}
-	s.unread() // we got identifier, put back latest char
+
+	if ch != eof {
+		s.unread() // we got identifier, put back latest char
+	}
 
 	return string(s.src[offs:s.srcPos.Offset])
 }