diff --git a/lang/ast/cond.c b/lang/ast/cond.c
index 28c154a..72628b6 100644
--- a/lang/ast/cond.c
+++ b/lang/ast/cond.c
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ struct token_parse_result parse_elif(struct ivy_parser *ctx, struct ivy_token *t
 		return PARSE_RESULT(status, 0);
 	}
 
-	state->s_cur_branch
-		= (struct ivy_ast_cond_node *)ast_node_create(IVY_AST_COND);
-	if (!state->s_cur_branch) {
-		return PARSE_RESULT(IVY_ERR_NO_MEMORY, 0);
-	}
-
 	struct expr_parser_state *expr
 		= (struct expr_parser_state *)parser_push_state(
 			ctx, IVY_AST_EXPR, 0);
@@ -204,7 +198,8 @@ static struct token_parse_result parse_else(
 		struct expr_parser_state *expr
 			= (struct expr_parser_state *)parser_push_state(
 				ctx, IVY_AST_EXPR, 0);
-		/* set the sub-expression depth to be non-zero so the expression parser doesn't consume the expression separator. */
+		/* set the sub-expression depth to be non-zero so the expression
+		 * parser doesn't consume the expression separator. */
 		expr->s_subexpr_depth = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -310,18 +305,18 @@ static struct token_parse_result parse_end(
 	struct cond_group_parser_state *state
 		= parser_get_state(ctx, struct cond_group_parser_state);
 
-	if (state->s_inline) {
-		/* inline if-else must be terminated with punctuation. */
-		return PARSE_RESULT(IVY_ERR_BAD_SYNTAX, 0);
-	}
-
 	enum ivy_status status = finalise_cond_group(state);
 	if (status != IVY_OK) {
 		return PARSE_RESULT(status, 0);
 	}
 
+	int flags = 0;
+	if (state->s_inline) {
+		flags = PARSE_REPEAT_TOKEN;
+	}
+
 	parser_pop_state(ctx, STATE_ADD_NODE_TO_PARENT);
-	return PARSE_RESULT(IVY_OK, 0);
+	return PARSE_RESULT(IVY_OK, flags);
 }
 
 static enum ivy_status add_child(