diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 99776a2159..256e5424a9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -1226,14 +1226,11 @@ pub fn (expr Expr) position() token.Position {
 		AnonFn {
 			return expr.decl.pos
 		}
-		ArrayInit, AsCast, Assoc, AtExpr, BoolLiteral, CallExpr, CastExpr, ChanInit, CharLiteral,
-		ConcatExpr, Comment, EnumVal, FloatLiteral, GoExpr, Ident, IfExpr, IndexExpr, IntegerLiteral,
-		Likely, LockExpr, MapInit, MatchExpr, None, OffsetOf, OrExpr, ParExpr, PostfixExpr, PrefixExpr,
-		RangeExpr, SelectExpr, SelectorExpr, SizeOf, SqlExpr, StringInterLiteral, StringLiteral,
-		StructInit, Type, TypeOf, UnsafeExpr {
-			return expr.pos
-		}
-		ArrayDecompose {
+		ArrayDecompose, ArrayInit, AsCast, Assoc, AtExpr, BoolLiteral, CallExpr, CastExpr, ChanInit,
+		CharLiteral, ConcatExpr, Comment, EnumVal, FloatLiteral, GoExpr, Ident, IfExpr, IndexExpr,
+		IntegerLiteral, Likely, LockExpr, MapInit, MatchExpr, None, OffsetOf, OrExpr, ParExpr,
+		PostfixExpr, PrefixExpr, RangeExpr, SelectExpr, SelectorExpr, SizeOf, SqlExpr, StringInterLiteral,
+		StringLiteral, StructInit, Type, TypeOf, UnsafeExpr {
 			return expr.pos
 		}
 		IfGuardExpr {
@@ -1290,6 +1287,25 @@ pub fn (expr Expr) is_lit() bool {
 	}
 }
 
+pub fn (expr Expr) is_mut_ident() bool {
+	match expr {
+		Ident {
+			if expr.obj is Var {
+				if expr.obj.is_auto_deref {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		PrefixExpr {
+			if expr.op == .amp && expr.right.is_mut_ident() {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		else {}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // check if stmt can be an expression in C
 pub fn (stmt Stmt) check_c_expr() ? {
 	match stmt {
@@ -1536,25 +1552,6 @@ pub struct Table {
 	// main_fn_decl_node FnDecl
 }
 
-pub fn (expr Expr) is_mut_ident() bool {
-	match expr {
-		Ident {
-			if expr.obj is Var {
-				if expr.obj.is_auto_deref {
-					return true
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		PrefixExpr {
-			if expr.op == .amp && expr.right.is_mut_ident() {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-		else {}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // helper for dealing with `m[k1][k2][k3][k3] = value`
 pub fn (mut lx IndexExpr) recursive_mapset_is_setter(val bool) {
 	lx.is_setter = val