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 #53 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: 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 21:20:58 +0800

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

> It is fontified the way the syntax is interpreted, which is exactly
> what I'm talking about.

The problem is that:

  int $lsp;

is not interpreted as an ``error'', just as some syntax that cannot be
fontified.  CC Mode is not in any position to determine whether or not
syntax is valid.
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