From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] support a few of the new features of C++11 in syntax highlighting Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:11 -0400 Message-ID: References: <536F1D36.6010307@gmail.com> <87ppjks3th.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87lhu8rrtm.fsf@wanadoo.es> <20140511220947.GD2759@acm.acm> <87ha4wrle6.fsf@wanadoo.es> <20140514201353.GA4125@acm.acm> <20140516160743.GA3267@acm.acm> <20140517084212.GB3398@acm.acm> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400335787 24839 80.91.229.3 (17 May 2014 14:09:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 14:09:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: g@acm.muc.de, =?windows-1252?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 17 16:09:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WlfIu-0003CN-Kf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 16:09:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40275 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlfIt-00055X-Mo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlfIk-00055H-BG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlfIc-00028N-Nv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:58650) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlfIc-00027f-IU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:18 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id s4HE9Cr6024381; Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:12 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CB0FC601A1; Sat, 17 May 2014 10:09:11 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20140517084212.GB3398@acm.acm> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Sat, 17 May 2014 08:42:13 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4945=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9378 : core <4945> : inlines <881> : streams <1185481> : uri <1759570> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:171912 Archived-At: >> > Anyhow, stand alone CC Mode and that in Emacs have drifted apart to >> > the extent that any such synching would usually need manual effort (as >> > =D3scar will likely find out). >> That's the first part that worries me. > Why? Not sure how to say it: when two branches drift apart, you tend to get into trouble, you know like Emacs-vs-XEmacs, or "could someone spend time porting the C++11 support to the other branch". To tell you the truth, I don't even know why the two distributions can't use the exact same code. I.e. why did the two branches drift apart? > There are lots of typographical differences though (like reformatted > comments, spelling corrections, minor stylistic changes) which throw > off the patching. So the "drift" is about cosmetic details? Why? Sounds like masochism to me. Stefan