Re: Position of conditionals in ChangeLog

[Bruno Haible]

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> This looks strnge?  Can the conditional be (or should?) on either side
> of the function?
> 
>    @example
>    * frame.h [HAVE_X_WINDOWS] (FRAME_WINDOW_P): Macro defined.
>    @end example
>    
>    Next, an entry for a change within the function @code{init_display},
>    whose definition as a whole is unconditional, but the changes
>    themselves are contained in a @samp{#ifdef HAVE_LIBNCURSES}
>    conditional:
>    
>    @example
>    * dispnew.c (init_display) [HAVE_LIBNCURSES]: If X, call tgetent.
>    @end example

This looks perfectly logical to me:
  - In the first case, we have a declaration/definition inside #if.
  - In the second case, we have a #if inside a definition.

Is the problem that the Emacs ChangeLog mode does not do good syntax
highlighting in one of these two cases? If so, it can be fixed in Emacs.

Bruno