Re: address@hidden: Re: Emacs 22.2 release plans - request for a slight delay.]

[Stefan Monnier]

>     int foo [50] ;
>     (char *) bar ;

> occurring at the outermost nesting level of a file.c is declaring global
> variables or is a k&r region declaring function parameters.

> I'd welcome suggestions as to how to speed it up, though.  I can't see
> much alternative to what I've done (put a limit on 20 paren/bracket
> pairs in a k&r region) unless I put in a "column 0 heuristic", something
> I'd realy rather not do.

I'd be happy with a column-0 heuristic ;-)
This said, I'll try the new code and see if it's fast enough.


        Stefan