From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: CPerl and Perl 5.10.x
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:18:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zl9d4bpr.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrnh9s20i.u2l.nospam-abuse@chorin.math.berkeley.edu
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
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[not found] <mailman.5464.1251314889.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-08-26 21:23 ` CPerl and Perl 5.10.x Ilya Zakharevich
2009-08-28 14:35 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-08-30 8:31 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2009-09-01 18:10 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-09-02 5:52 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2009-09-02 7:36 ` Daniel Pittman
2009-09-02 13:10 ` Alberto Simões
[not found] ` <mailman.5850.1251897040.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-09-02 22:47 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2009-09-02 15:18 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2009-09-02 22:49 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2009-09-03 15:07 ` Ted Zlatanov
2009-09-04 0:06 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2009-09-29 11:57 ` David Combs
2009-10-09 22:00 ` Ilya Zakharevich
2009-08-26 19:27 Alberto Simões
2009-08-27 3:02 ` Will Willis
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