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Wrong syntax colors with backslash in a string (F90 mode)

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 32766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Angelo Graziosi <angelo.g0 <at> libero.it>
Subject: bug#32766: Wrong syntax colors with backslash in a string (F90 mode)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:34:10 -0500

> But I don't really know F90 any more -- would it make sense to flip the
> defaults now and make \ non-special?  If that happened 21 years ago i
> F2K, then perhaps it's time?

I haven't kept up with this stuff, but probably you are right.
Not quite as long ago as 21 years, but ref eg
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34203

(At one time I hoped to have separate modes for the various Fortran
standards, but it never went anywhere, so "f90-mode" should default to
whatever is appropriate for recent gfortran, I think.)

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