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[PATCH] Add Microsoft support to cc-mode

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Message #20 received at 6959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 Daniel Colascione <dan.colascione <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6959: [PATCH] Add Microsoft support to cc-mode
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:44:45 -0800

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On 02/25/2016 10:42 PM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Daniel Colascione <dan.colascione <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Microsoft uses a... unique programming style (erm, typedef void
>> VOID?!) that tends to trip up cc-mode. Particularly problematic are
>> certain code annotations, as described in
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383701(VS.85).aspx. This
>> patch adds support for this bizarre programming style and allows one
>> to work on idiomatic Windows sources comfortably.
>>
>> You can get the diff at
>>
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~dan-colascione/emacs/c++0x/revision/101039
> 
> Could you resend the patch (if this is still an issue)?

It's not worth thinking about anymore. These days, I'd just define a
derived mode and be done with it. Besides, as I recall, performance
wasn't great with that patch.

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