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cperl syntax highlighting breaking on certain complex regular expressions

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
Cc: 11014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: cperl syntax highlighting breaking on certain complex regular
 expressions
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 21:22:17 +0100

Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com> writes:

> Syntax highlighting in cperl-mode breaks for certain (or perhaps all)
> complex regular expressions modified by /e and/or /x.
>
> Here are 2 examples of offending code:
>
> example 1 -----
>
> sub greek_with_latin
> {
>     my ($self, $ref) = @_;
> #     $self->{perseus_morph} = 0;
>     $$ref =~ s/([^\&]*)([^\$]*)/
>                                         my $gk = $1 || '';
>                                         if ($gk)
>                                         {
>                                                 $self->{perseus_morph} ? 
>                                                   $self->perseus_handler(\$gk, 'grk') 
>                                                 : $self->{greek_handler}->(\$gk);
>                                         }
>                                         my $lt = $2 || '';
>                                         if ($lt)
>                                         {
>                                                 $self->{perseus_morph} ? 
>                                                   $self->perseus_handler(\$lt, 'lat') 
>                                                 : $self->{latin_handler}->(\$lt);
>                                         }
>                                         $gk.$lt;
>                                         /gex;
> }
>
> -----
> example 2 -----
>
> $$ref =~ s/'/$self->{ibycus4} ? '{\'}' : '\'\''/ge;
>
> -----
>
> Lines of code coming after "blocks" like these are all highlighted as
> though they were quoted (at least that's what seems to be the case
> judging from the color).

I can't reproduce this on current master.  Are you still seeing this
on a modern version of Emacs?

If I don't hear back from you within a couple of weeks, Ill just close
this bug as unreproducible.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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