GNU bug report logs - #64204
C/C++ local variables not syntax highlighted if they start with $

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joseph Garvin <k04jg02 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 64204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 64204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64204: C/C++ local variables not syntax highlighted if they
 start with $
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:44:29 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

There is no other use for the character $, so this is not necessary:
it's either an identifier or a syntax error, and we don't try to fontify
syntax errors.
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