From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10688: The default mode for Perl should be cperl-mode instead of perl-mode Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:02:40 -0400 Message-ID: <7tobjq1qvz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <8762fmbmwn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <1351159277417-268030.post@n5.nabble.com> <1351178622882-268048.post@n5.nabble.com> <1351178844503-268051.post@n5.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351180991 26338 80.91.229.3 (25 Oct 2012 16:03:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10688@debbugs.gnu.org To: draxil Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 25 18:03:20 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1TRPtv-0000BM-Nj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:03:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54399 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPtn-0002ps-Ha for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:03:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53395) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPtg-0002pN-AK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPta-00049C-Ic for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:03:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPta-000498-Ej for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:02:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPvZ-0000Tc-Oh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10688 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10688-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10688.13511810901811 (code B ref 10688); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10688) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Oct 2012 16:04:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33435 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPvN-0000T9-B6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:04:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:50662) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPvK-0000T1-Av for 10688@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:04:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRPtI-0006Qo-Qh; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:02:40 -0400 X-Spook: Defcon ammunition Agfa subversive NASA Armani fraud X-Ran: QYxN)QY9+%x4]#.^eE.&pF5K (draxil@gmail.com's message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:27:24 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66038 Archived-At: draxil wrote: > Last time I used perl-mode *was* a long time ago, but it had broken syntax > highlighting and things like indentation couldn't take account of perl > syntax very well. This is all very vague. >From a maintenance point of view, cperl-mode.el is 9 times longer than perl-mode.el. You may say "it's 9 times better", but to me it seems overly complicated. This, plus the fact that we effectively are not allowed to ever simplify away any of the huge amount of compatibility cruft for ancient Emacs versions (Emacs 19!) that it contains, makes it much less appealing as a default from that viewpoint. I think you are much more likely to get a response by filing specific bug reports about areas where perl-mode.el is lacking.