Re: CPerl and Perl 5.10.x

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 05:52:18 +0000 (UTC) Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> wrote: 

IZ> On 2009-09-01, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:
>>>> Sorry if I'm being dense: is the Emacs cperl-mode.el out of sync with
>>>> Ilya's version?
>> 
IZ> It is "different", and majorly buggy.
>> 
>> So why not update it with your version?  Again, sorry if I am missing
>> the necessary context, but it seems like a good idea.

IZ> They want conformance to non-backward-compatible coding style.  "Mine"
IZ> cperl-mode.el is backward-compatible.  "Their" is conformant, but very
IZ> buggy...

That's silly.  Can this be resolved with a user option?  If not, I'll
need some more background, what should I search for in emacs-devel?

IZ> Given that (AFAIK) 5.10 is now too buggy to be usable, I hesitate to
IZ> make the change for 5.10-highlight.  If there a way to make "flavors"
IZ> of highlights (as in "minor mode" over "major mode") conveniently -
IZ> and without a non-necessary slow-down?
>> 
>> Sorry, I don't know the answer, but I'm in favor of using the 5.10
>> highlighting if it must be one or the other.  I doubt the difference
>> will matter enough to most users, and those who do will probably prefer
>> 5.10.

IZ> Why?  Myself, I did not see 5.10 yet...  (Oups, no.  In fact I do have a
IZ> copy of a binary distribution somewhere on the drive...  It is
IZ> unzipped, but not installed.)

You're not a good sample of Perl programmers (although me and you can
definitely make a viable sample of Eastern European Perl programmers
with last names starting with "Z").

Ted