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C/C++ local variables not syntax highlighted if they start with $

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, acm <at> muc.de, 64204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64204: C/C++ local variables not syntax highlighted if they start with $
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 07:50:47 +0300

> Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 64204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:06:37 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> 
> Apologies, the patch I sent earlier was defective, not applying cleanly
> to the Emacs master branch.  I also should have sent the patch as an
> attachment.
> 
> I'm now sending the patch as attachment.  It should apply cleanly to the
> master branch or emacs-29.

Thanks, but shouldn't this be optional behavior, which users should be
able to control?  Standard C disallows '$' in identifiers AFAIK, and
some users might wish to follow the Standard.

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