From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: acm@muc.de, 64204@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64204: C/C++ local variables not syntax highlighted if they start with $
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:07:02 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83352j4xq1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cz1o0xyh.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:15:34 +0800)
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: acm@muc.de, 64204@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:15:34 +0800
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > All the uses of '$' in identifiers should be controlled by that
> > option.
>
> CC Mode doesn't make use of identifiers containing $. No syntax
> features are affected, I think, only fontification.
I _am_ talking about fontifications. One of the main purposes of
fontifying code is to give the programmer feedback regarding the
syntax and semantics of the code. Flagging invalid syntax is
therefore important, and when $ are invalid in identifiers, showing
that with fontifications is important.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-22 10:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-20 20:54 bug#64204: C/C++ local variables not syntax highlighted if they start with $ Joseph Garvin
2023-06-21 11:51 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-21 19:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-21 21:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-22 4:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 5:44 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-22 5:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 6:18 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-22 6:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 7:15 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-22 10:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-06-22 11:46 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-22 12:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 13:20 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-06-22 9:11 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-22 10:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-22 12:33 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-28 18:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-06-28 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-28 23:19 ` Joseph Garvin
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