Re: Should not syntax for ?- char be word in text mode?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Now that we have ?_< and ?_> regexp patterns, there's no technical
> reason any more I think...

Neither was there before since you could always use
font-lock-syntax-table to get the same result.  Temporarily switching
the syntax-table is a cheap operation that you shouldn't be afraid
to do.  The only operations for which it's difficult/impossible is
buffer navigation like M-f, so the main syntax-table should be careful
not to mark _ as word constituent.


        Stefan