Parser error for spatial queries

[machak]

Query like:
sql select *, $distance from place where [latitude,longitude,$spatial] NEAR [53.361884,4.328026,{"maxDistance":1.0}]]

throws PE (see below).
Old parser works fine (alter database custom strictSql = false)

com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.ParseException: Encountered "" at line 1, column 38.
Was expecting one of:

at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.generateParseException(OrientSql.java:12105)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.jj_consume_token(OrientSql.java:11978)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.NotBlock(OrientSql.java:4895)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.AndBlock(OrientSql.java:4793)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.OrBlock(OrientSql.java:4743)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.WhereClause(OrientSql.java:4708)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.SelectStatement(OrientSql.java:645)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.Statement(OrientSql.java:403)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.parser.OrientSql.parse(OrientSql.java:87)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.OCommandExecutorSQLAbstract.preParse(OCommandExecutorSQLAbstract.java:226)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.parse(OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.java:209)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.parse(OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.java:89)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.OCommandExecutorSQLDelegate.parse(OCommandExecutorSQLDelegate.java:76)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.OCommandExecutorSQLDelegate.parse(OCommandExecutorSQLDelegate.java:42)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.OAbstractPaginatedStorage.command(OAbstractPaginatedStorage.java:1212)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.query.OSQLQuery.run(OSQLQuery.java:72)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.query.OSQLSynchQuery.run(OSQLSynchQuery.java:85)
at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.query.OQueryAbstract.execute(OQueryAbstract.java:33)
at com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.orient.OrientGraphCommand.execute(OrientGraphCommand.java:49)
at com.machak.grunf.db.dao.MainDao.getPlaces(MainDao.java:98)
at com.machak.grunf.db.dao.MainDaoTest.testCreate(MainDaoTest.java:40)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:84)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:714)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:901)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1231)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:127)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:111)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:767)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:617)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:334)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:329)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:291)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:240)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1224)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1149)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1057)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:111)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:204)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:175)
at org.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter.main(RemoteTestNGStarter.java:125)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:140)

INFO - [sql select *, $distance from place where [latitude,longitude,$spatial] NEAR [52.361884,4.928026,{"maxDistance":1.0}]]