bug#15211: 24.3.50; Incorrect fontification in c++-mode

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Ivan.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 02:04:31PM -0600, Ivan Andrus wrote:

> On Aug 31, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:

> > The following patch disables the distinction and always fontifies the
> > identifier.  Please try it out and let me know if any undesirable
> > side effects occur, or if it doesn't quite fix the problem in real
> > code:

> I have been using your diff below for a few days, and I haven't noticed
> any negative side effects.

Thanks.  I've committed the patch to the bazaar repository and marked the
bug as closed.

> There are still two things that don't fontify correctly:


> #define DELETE_MEMBER = delete
> class Bob
> {
>     Bob &operator=(Bob const &) = delete; // fontified (with diff applied)
>     Bob &operator=(Bob const &) DELETE_MEMBER; // not fontified with or 
> without diff

>     Bob( string );    // string is a `font-lock-type-face'
>     explicit Bob( string ); // string is `font-lock-variable-name-face'
> };


> The first bad fontification seems to be caused because it doesn't
> understand the macro which probably can't be helped.

I think so.  Though I don't understand what the "= delete;" bit means
(I'm not a C++ hacker).

> The second though is a bit more concerning, though it seems to be
> unrelated to the current bug.  I will probably open another bug for it
> unless you'd prefer I didn't

I'd rather you did open a separate bug, please.  As a matter of interest,
in "Bob( string );" (without the "explicit"), I don't get either
identifier fontified.

> Thanks again,
> Ivan

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).