bug#10095: 24.0.50; cperl-mode highlight bug

[Stefan Monnier]

Version: 24.2

>> It still exists in GNU Emacs 24.1.1. I actually noticed the problem
>> on the following code, and I believe it's the same bug. It seems
>> that CPerl doesn't detect the end of a long qq or qw.
> Thanks for the test case, I can reproduce it here with the trunk, so
> it's not yet fixed.

I've just installed the patch below in the `emacs-24' branch.  I believe
it fixes your problem.  Thanks for the good test case,


        Stefan


=== modified file 'lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el'
--- lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el        2012-07-18 09:33:09 +0000
+++ lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el        2012-08-06 17:20:25 +0000
@@ -1838,7 +1838,13 @@
             (set (make-local-variable 'cperl-syntax-done-to) nil)
             (set (make-local-variable 'syntax-propertize-function)
                  (lambda (start end)
-                   (goto-char start) (cperl-fontify-syntaxically end))))
+                   (goto-char start)
+                   ;; Even if cperl-fontify-syntaxically has already gone
+                   ;; beyond `start', syntax-propertize has just removed
+                   ;; syntax-table properties between start and end, so we have
+                   ;; to re-apply them.
+                   (setq cperl-syntax-done-to start)
+                   (cperl-fontify-syntaxically end))))
        (make-local-variable 'parse-sexp-lookup-properties)
        ;; Do not introduce variable if not needed, we check it!
        (set 'parse-sexp-lookup-properties t)