Re: Request for changing regexp for `&' lambda list keywords

[Kevin Rodgers]

Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:
> Hi Emacs-hackers,
>
> the regexp responsible for recognizing lambda list keywords looks
> currently like this: 
>
>   ;; ELisp and CLisp `&' keywords as types.
>   ("\\&\\sw+\\>" . font-lock-type-face)
>
> (part of LISP-FONT-LOCK-KEYWORDS-2 in `font-lock.el')
>
> I'd like to propose changing the regexp to "\\<\\&\sw+\\>" such that
> symbols like, for instance, the symbol `FROB-&KEY-PARAMETERS' that
> surely names a function, don't get fontified just right after the
> ampersand in FONT-LOCK-TYPE-FACE.

Either way, why does the ampersand need to be escaped with a backslash?

--
Kevin Rodgers