From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, acm@muc.de, dancol@dancol.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: cc-mode fontification feels random
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:16:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1r9cmmkq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zgw1g5ie.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:37:29 +0300")
>> > Unless `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start' is non-nil.
>> We can use hacks like this one, indeed, but it's not in fashion
>> nowadays.
> Yes, we prefer waiting forever for Emacs to respond to a TAB or RET,
I'd be interested to hear about the cases where you think the time to
reply to RET or TAB would be sped up by
`open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start`.
The case I know of where it would make a significant difference in
practice are things like:
- open a large file in a mode that uses a heavy
`syntax-propertize-function`, such as perl-mode, and jump to the end.
- turn off font-lock-mode, do the same as above (which should be
quick this time around), and then hit TAB (at which point you should
see the same delay as you saw above).
So, yes, there is a performance price to pay, but in return you get
simpler ELisp code (because you don't need to implement the hacks), and
a more reliable behavior.
> and are okay with "random" fontification which triggered this thread.
> The price of fashion, I guess.
I think you're confused:
- the "random" fontification in this thread is in CC-mode, which does
not use the approach I described (and used in syntax-propertize).
E.g. Alan mentioned that the problematic behavior of CC-mode's
highlighting can depend on the order in which the chunks are
fontified, and `syntax-propertize` specifically aims to avoid
such order-dependency [ And please don't get me wrong:
an approach like that of `syntax-propertize` wouldn't solve the
problematic fontification, but it would (mis)fonftify the same way
every time. ]
- it's with `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` that we had
occasional/random misfontification, and it's indeed to get rid of
those that we finally changed its default value.
The performance cost is real, but AFAIK this cost gives *less random*
behavior contrary to what you state. The whole point of the design of
`syntax-propertize` is to try and make it eas(y|ier) to get
correct&reliable behavior (at the cost of sometimes sub-optimal
performance).
AFAIK one of the reasons why Alan doesn't want to use an approach like
that of syntax-propertize in CC-mode is because his guts tell him that
it would be too inefficient for C++.
Stefan
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2021-06-04 3:16 cc-mode fontification feels random Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 7:10 ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-04 10:08 ` João Távora
2021-06-04 10:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:59 ` Philipp
2021-06-04 11:05 ` João Távora
2021-06-04 11:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 12:44 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-04 13:46 ` João Távora
2021-06-04 14:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 11:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 16:43 ` Jim Porter
[not found] ` <83k0n9l9pv.fsf@gnu.org>
2021-06-04 19:41 ` Jim Porter
2021-06-04 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 20:05 ` Jim Porter
2021-06-04 20:11 ` Joost Kremers
2021-06-05 6:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 10:14 ` Joost Kremers
2021-06-05 11:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 12:12 ` Joost Kremers
2021-06-05 13:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05 17:08 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-05 17:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05 17:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 18:46 ` João Távora
2021-06-05 6:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 9:32 ` João Távora
2021-06-05 9:59 ` Ergus
2021-06-05 11:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 11:55 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-05 12:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 17:59 ` Jim Porter
2021-06-05 18:56 ` Daniel Martín
2021-06-05 12:43 ` Ergus
2021-06-05 13:59 ` Remote GUI Emacs really works (was: cc-mode fontification feels random) Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-05 11:25 ` cc-mode fontification feels random Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 9:46 ` Ergus
2021-06-05 11:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 20:14 ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-04 10:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:05 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:34 ` João Távora
2021-06-04 10:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 18:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-04 18:36 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:16 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:33 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 0:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-05 6:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 19:26 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-04 19:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-04 10:42 ` Ergus
2021-06-04 15:54 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-04 18:30 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-06 11:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 11:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 12:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 12:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 14:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 17:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 17:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 18:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 18:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 18:33 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-06 20:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 20:27 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-06 20:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-06 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-06 20:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-07 7:35 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-07 13:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-07 13:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 0:06 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-08 15:16 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-06-07 15:58 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-08 4:01 ` Richard Stallman
2021-06-08 15:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-08 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 16:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-08 18:11 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-08 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 18:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-08 18:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 18:22 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-09 18:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 18:51 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-09 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 20:07 ` chad
2021-06-10 6:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 20:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-09 21:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-10 2:21 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10 6:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 6:58 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10 7:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 6:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 16:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-10 17:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 17:07 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 17:33 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-10 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 17:40 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-10 17:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 16:11 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:02 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-11 18:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-11 19:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 19:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 19:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 19:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 23:25 ` Ergus
2021-06-11 23:52 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-12 1:08 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 3:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 11:07 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 6:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 11:01 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 11:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 15:04 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 15:23 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 15:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 14:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 14:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 14:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 15:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 6:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 5:20 ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 15:56 ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 16:59 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 17:51 ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 17:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 17:53 ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-06-12 17:54 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 18:02 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-12 18:39 ` Ergus
2021-06-12 6:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 14:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 20:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-12 6:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 8:00 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-12 8:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 9:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-11 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-11 18:34 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2021-06-10 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 6:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 15:16 ` Ergus
2021-06-10 15:34 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-10 19:06 ` Ergus
2021-06-10 19:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-10 21:56 ` Ergus
2021-06-10 15:59 ` Jim Porter
2021-06-10 21:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 20:21 ` Ergus
2021-06-11 20:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-11 20:37 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-11 20:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 6:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 8:03 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-12 8:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-12 13:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-12 8:47 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2021-06-12 8:57 ` tomas
2021-06-12 14:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-09 19:05 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-06-09 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-09 20:20 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-09 20:36 ` Stefan Monnier
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2021-07-15 22:43 ` Tree Sitter (was Re: cc-mode fontification feels random) Perry E. Metzger
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2021-07-20 14:53 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-21 0:04 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-21 1:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-07-21 14:43 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-21 16:21 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-07-21 19:15 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-22 1:16 ` Daniel Colascione
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2021-07-24 20:05 ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-25 0:41 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-07-26 4:24 ` [SPAM UNSURE] " Stephen Leake
2021-07-25 18:01 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-22 14:00 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-24 1:17 ` Richard Stallman
2021-07-25 16:13 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-25 19:52 ` Ada (was Re: Tree Sitter) Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-26 5:05 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-26 9:42 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-26 14:01 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-26 13:45 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-27 0:26 ` Richard Stallman
2021-07-27 12:38 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-07-26 2:23 ` Tree Sitter (was Re: cc-mode fontification feels random) John Yates
2021-07-24 19:59 ` Stephen Leake
2021-07-24 21:21 ` OFF-TOPIC: Ada availability (was: Tree Sitter) Óscar Fuentes
2021-07-25 7:31 ` tomas
2021-06-08 18:11 ` cc-mode fontification feels random Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 21:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-09 3:39 ` Richard Stallman
2021-06-09 8:34 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-09 13:14 ` `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start` (was: cc-mode fontification feels random) Stefan Monnier
2021-06-09 15:15 ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-09 15:16 ` Yuri Khan
2021-06-12 17:29 ` cc-mode fontification feels random João Távora
2021-06-13 8:50 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-13 9:05 ` João Távora
2021-06-13 9:39 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-13 10:06 ` João Távora
2021-06-13 14:52 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-13 15:25 ` João Távora
2021-06-14 8:29 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-14 8:40 ` João Távora
2021-06-14 9:00 ` martin rudalics
2021-06-14 9:14 ` João Távora
2021-06-14 11:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-14 14:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-15 22:38 ` Ergus
2021-06-07 12:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 15:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-06-08 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-05 20:25 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-06-06 11:53 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-06-06 17:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-08-30 18:50 ` [PATCH] " Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-30 19:03 ` Perry E. Metzger
2021-08-30 19:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-30 19:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 19:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2021-08-30 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 20:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-31 10:54 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 13:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-31 16:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 16:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-31 16:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 17:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-31 18:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-31 21:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 21:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-10-22 20:13 ` [Committed PATCH] " Alan Mackenzie
2021-10-24 20:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-08-31 13:18 ` [PATCH] " Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 20:03 ` Alan Mackenzie
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