From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cc-mode fontification feels random Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 21:54:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83czswdw5y.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86a85d26-75c0-e4a3-e8d3-244c5346dd3a@dancol.org> <83r1hehnz9.fsf@gnu.org> <83lf7mhl3n.fsf@gnu.org> <73ff18bf-66dc-7d7a-a0db-8edc2cdceba8@gmx.at> <83o8cge4lg.fsf@gnu.org> <62e438b5-d27f-1d3c-69c6-11fe29a76d74@dancol.org> <83fsxsdxhu.fsf@gnu.org> <85ae362a-42e0-260b-415c-9522e76db724@dancol.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19704"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, acm@muc.de, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel Colascione Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 08 20:55:51 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lqgtD-0004wh-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:55:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34050 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqgtC-0004Pv-OP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:55:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36070) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqgsL-0003L9-BO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:54:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:42946) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqgsK-0002kf-QY; Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:54:56 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2916 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqgsE-0000uw-5x; Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:54:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <85ae362a-42e0-260b-415c-9522e76db724@dancol.org> (message from Daniel Colascione on Tue, 8 Jun 2021 11:28:41 -0700) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:270585 Archived-At: > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > rms@gnu.org, acm@muc.de > From: Daniel Colascione > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 11:28:41 -0700 > > > I was talking about what to do (or not to do) with our existing > > regexp- and "syntax"-based fontifications. I still remember the days > > when CC Mode handled that well enough without being a snail it > > frequently is now, and that was on a machine about 10 times slower > > than the one I use nowadays. The C language didn't change too much > > since then, at least not the flavor I frequently edit. > > C++ is a much more complex language and a lot more relevant for modern > software development. Sure, but that doesn't justify the slowdown in C editing I experience over the years.