**sp != ')' &&
                        **sp != '$' &&
                        **sp != '\'' &&
+                       /* for suggested minimum upper bound on the number
+                        * of characters <draft-ietf-ldapbis-syntaxes> */
+                       **sp != '{' &&
                        **sp != '\0' )
                        (*sp)++;
                q = *sp;
        if ( !at->at_oid ) {
                if ( ( flags & ( LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_NO_OID
                                | LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_OID_MACRO ) )
-                           && (ss == savepos) ) {
+                           && (ss == savepos) )
+               {
                        /* Backtracking */
                        ss = savepos;
                        kind = get_token(&ss,&sval);
                                     !strcasecmp(sval, "COLLECTIVE") ||
                                     !strcasecmp(sval, "NO-USER-MODIFICATION") ||
                                     !strcasecmp(sval, "USAGE") ||
-                                    !strncasecmp(sval, "X-", 2) ) {
+                                    !strncasecmp(sval, "X-", 2) )
+                               {
                                        /* Missing OID, backtrack */
                                        ss = savepos;
                                } else if ( flags
-                                       & LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_OID_MACRO) {
+                                       & LDAP_SCHEMA_ALLOW_OID_MACRO)
+                               {
                                        /* Non-numerical OID ... */
                                        int len = ss-savepos;
                                        at->at_oid = LDAP_MALLOC(len+1);