@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ type Result struct {

 	AST         *Node

 	EscapeToken rune

 	Platform    string

+	Warnings    []string

 }

 // Parse reads lines from a Reader, parses the lines into an AST and returns

@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ func Parse(rwc io.Reader) (*Result, error) {

 	currentLine := 0

 	root := &Node{StartLine: -1}

 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(rwc)

+	warnings := []string{}

 	var err error

 	for scanner.Scan() {

@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ func Parse(rwc io.Reader) (*Result, error) {

 			continue

 		}

+		var hasEmptyContinuationLine bool

 		for !isEndOfLine && scanner.Scan() {

 			bytesRead, err := processLine(d, scanner.Bytes(), false)

 			if err != nil {

@@ -279,8 +282,8 @@ func Parse(rwc io.Reader) (*Result, error) {

 			}

 			currentLine++

-			// TODO: warn this is being deprecated/removed

 			if isEmptyContinuationLine(bytesRead) {

+				hasEmptyContinuationLine = true

 				continue

 			}

@@ -289,13 +292,27 @@ func Parse(rwc io.Reader) (*Result, error) {

 			line += continuationLine

 		}

+		if hasEmptyContinuationLine {

+			warning := "[WARNING]: Empty continuation line found in:\n    " + line

+			warnings = append(warnings, warning)

+		}

+

 		child, err := newNodeFromLine(line, d)

 		if err != nil {

 			return nil, err

 		}

 		root.AddChild(child, startLine, currentLine)

 	}

-	return &Result{AST: root, EscapeToken: d.escapeToken, Platform: d.platformToken}, nil

+

+	if len(warnings) > 0 {

+		warnings = append(warnings, "[WARNING]: Empty continuation lines will become errors in a future release.")

+	}

+	return &Result{

+		AST:         root,

+		Warnings:    warnings,

+		EscapeToken: d.escapeToken,

+		Platform: d.platformToken,

+	}, nil

 }

 func trimComments(src []byte) []byte {

@@ -326,6 +343,5 @@ func processLine(d *Directive, token []byte, stripLeftWhitespace bool) ([]byte,

 	if stripLeftWhitespace {

 		token = trimWhitespace(token)

 	}

-	err := d.possibleParserDirective(string(token))

-	return trimComments(token), err

+	return trimComments(token), d.possibleParserDirective(string(token))

 }