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perl mode: quotes give wrong colors

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From: Harald Jörg <haj <at> posteo.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 69604 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69604: perl-mode and cperl-mode: $\" in a double-quoted string
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:09:21 +0000

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

>> From: Harald Jörg <haj <at> posteo.de>
>> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:25:45 +0000
>> 
>> Good catch!  The same symptoms can be seen in cperl-mode.
>> 
>> Both perl-mode and cperl-mode treat "$" as quoting character in their
>> syntax tables.  This is needed for Perl's punctuation variables like $(
>> and $" which would otherwise be interpreted as unbalanced parens or
>> quotes.
>> 
>> In a string, this safety belt is not required, and it actually misfires
>> in the case of "$\"", which is part of the demo code.
>> 
>> This is now treated correctly in the Emacs master branch for both
>> perl-mode and cperl-mode.
>
> Thanks.  Should this bug be closed now?

Yes!  I have closed it now.
-- 
Cheers,
haj

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