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

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Message #23 received at 64204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 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 08:57:38 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>,  64204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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.

Sorry, I disagree, for the reasons I explained above.  (I don't mind
this feature to be ON by default, though.)

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