GNU bug report logs - #17057
24.3.50; [ruby-mode] Font-locking of special global variables like $$ is broken(missing)

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Message #25 received at 17057-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar <at> batsov.com>
Cc: 17057-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17057: 24.3.50; [ruby-mode] Font-locking of special global
 variables like $$ is broken(missing)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:12:34 +0200

Version: 24.4

On 21.03.2014 16:53, Bozhidar Batsov wrote:

> Technically speaking all of those are keywords, not variables. Somewhat
> odd __LINE__ and friends are
> treated at string literals by the Ruby parser. As all of those evaluate
> to some value unlike most other keywords I guess it makes some sense to
> font-lock them as variables, but I’d prefer if we used font-locking that
> makes their special status more apparent.

Sounds good to me. Does this list look exhaustive to you?

http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html#pre-defined-variables

Aside from changing faces, the problems mentioned in this bug should be 
fixed now, emacs-24 r116850.

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