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CC Mode 5.35.2 (C/*l); More incorrect type recognition

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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 64322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64322: CC Mode 5.35.2 (C/*l); More incorrect type recognition
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:47:05 +0000

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Hello, Po.

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 15:05:03 +0800, Po Lu via CC-Mode-help wrote:
> Package: cc-mode

> I just encountered a new instance of CC Mode misrecognizing identifiers
> as types.  In a C Mode buffer, insert:

> void
> add_property (name, expression)

> then, type:

> RET TAB s t r u c t SPC e x p r e s s i o n SPC e x p r e s s i o n ;

> `expression' will then be fontified as a type within the function
> declarator's identifier list!

Yes.  The problem was a confusion between C++ and C regarding type
definition.  In C++, "class Foo" or "struct Foo" defines a type "Foo".
In C, in "struct Foo", there is no such type defined, "Foo" is merely a
struct tag.

This involves a one line fix in cc-langs.el, to remove items from the
lang const c-typeless-decl-kwds.  Additionally, I've corrected an
unrelated typo in cc-fonts.el.

Would you please try out the attached patch in your real code
thoroughly, and either confirm the bug is fixed, or tell me what's still
wrong.  Thanks!

> Thanks in advance.

> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 29.0.92 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
>  of 2023-06-25
> Package: CC Mode 5.35.2 (C/*l)
> Buffer Style: gnu
> c-emacs-features: (pps-extended-state col-0-paren posix-char-classes gen-string-delim gen-comment-delim syntax-properties category-properties 1-bit)

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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