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: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:55:05 +0300 Message-ID: <83fsxqcipi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <73ff18bf-66dc-7d7a-a0db-8edc2cdceba8@gmx.at> <83o8cge4lg.fsf@gnu.org> <62e438b5-d27f-1d3c-69c6-11fe29a76d74@dancol.org> <83fsxsdxhu.fsf@gnu.org> <83pmwudgw3.fsf@gnu.org> <179f3aca300.2816.cc5b3318d7e9908e2c46732289705cb0@dancol.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8731"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rms@gnu.org, rudalics@gmx.at To: Daniel Colascione Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 10 08:56:49 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 1lrEcS-00025r-P6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:56:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57732 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lrEcR-0002LB-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:56:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57522) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lrEbQ-0000kG-Dg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:55:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lrEbO-0003xu-Bp; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:55:42 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4181 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 1lrEaz-0006hT-Kh; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:55:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <179f3aca300.2816.cc5b3318d7e9908e2c46732289705cb0@dancol.org> (message from Daniel Colascione on Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:21:23 -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:270630 Archived-At: > From: Daniel Colascione > Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:21:23 -0700 > Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > By replacing these accurate functions with rough ones, the fontification > > would be right most of the time, but a mess at other times (for example, > > when there are big comments near point). (i) is more important for C++ > > that C, but still makes a difference i > > Another option is adding core support to speed up these operations. I don't > think we should be sacrificing correctness for speed. If speeding that up is feasible, sure, that's a better alternative. Sacrificing correctness is a kind-of retreat, justified only when a better solution is not at hand.