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bug#23501: Non-regex-based syntax highlighting
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#23501: Non-regex-based syntax highlighting |
Date: |
Tue, 10 May 2016 18:59:22 +0300 |
> From: Nir Friedman <quicknir@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 23:12:47 -0400
>
> I'm considering using emacs as a platform for C++ development. One thing that
> seems to lag behind on
> emacs at the moment is that all of the syntax highlighting for C++ is (as far
> as I can tell) regex based. This
> severely limits the accuracy and discrimination that the syntax highlighter
> can achieve. There are now some
> packages for emacs that use a clang based backends to get actual AST
> information. Perhaps it would be
> possible to write some kind of hooks or template for major modes that would
> make it easier for package
> authors to change how syntax highlighting is performed in major modes?
Sorry, I don't think I really understand what is the complaint/issue
you are raising here, and what solution would you like to suggest for
those issues. Could you perhaps elaborate? A specific example where
the current code doesn't work would be a good starting point.
Thanks.