See https://travis-ci.org/joomla-framework/database/jobs/342589512#L1243-L1260 for reference Seems #206 did not have enough test cases for #218 to completely solve the underlying issue. I tested a cutdown case of this issue https://github.com/photodude/coding-standards/blob/patch-2/Joomla/Tests/ControlStructures/ControlStructuresBracketsUnitTest.inc#L172-L202 but I did not get an error. https://travis-ci.org/photodude/coding-standards/jobs/342585489#L544 I am unsure as to why the failure is occurring on the database package.