bug#1953: Syntax Highlighting Problem in c++-mode

bug#1953: Syntax Highlighting Problem in c++-mode

[Jordan Saunders]

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Given the following circumstance in c++-mode:

class blah
{
    blah(int) {}
};

blah::blah is not recognized by the syntax highlighter as a constructor and
the syntax highlighting is incorrect. If we give the first parameter an
actual name (i.e. int a, for example), it is recognized and things are
peachy.

Thank you.


In GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6001)
 of 2008-09-06 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.0.6001
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

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bug#1953: Syntax Highlighting Problem in c++-mode

[Chong Yidong]

Hi Alan,

Here's a bug report about C++ highlighting (for Emacs 22, I didn't check
if it exists with CVS Emacs).


"Jordan Saunders" <jmsaunders@gmail.com> wrote:

> Given the following circumstance in c++-mode:
>
> class blah
> {
>     blah(int) {}
> };
>
> blah::blah is not recognized by the syntax highlighter as a constructor
> and
> the syntax highlighting is incorrect. If we give the first parameter an
> actual name (i.e. int a, for example), it is recognized and things are
> peachy.

bug#1953: Syntax Highlighting Problem in c++-mode

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Jordan,

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:28:04PM -0500, Jordan Saunders wrote:
> Given the following circumstance in c++-mode:

> class blah
> {
>     blah(int) {}
> };

> blah::blah is not recognized by the syntax highlighter as a constructor and
> the syntax highlighting is incorrect.

I'm not quite sure what you mean here.  When a function is used (as
opposed to being declared), it is not given a special font; when it is
declared, it gets font-lock-function-name-face.  Class members, including
its constructors, count as "functions" here.

> If we give the first parameter an actual name (i.e. int a, for
> example), it is recognized and things are peachy.

Would you please supply an actual short example of what is going wrong.
C++ is an unusually difficult and complicated language to parse, and
there are certainly some bugs in C++ Mode at the moment.  It would be
nice to fix them.

> Thank you.

Thanks for taking the trouble to report the bug.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).