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Re: CPerl and Perl 5.10.x
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: CPerl and Perl 5.10.x |
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Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:18:08 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 05:52:18 +0000 (UTC) Ilya Zakharevich
<nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> wrote:
IZ> On 2009-09-01, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:
>>>> Sorry if I'm being dense: is the Emacs cperl-mode.el out of sync with
>>>> Ilya's version?
>>
IZ> It is "different", and majorly buggy.
>>
>> So why not update it with your version? Again, sorry if I am missing
>> the necessary context, but it seems like a good idea.
IZ> They want conformance to non-backward-compatible coding style. "Mine"
IZ> cperl-mode.el is backward-compatible. "Their" is conformant, but very
IZ> buggy...
That's silly. Can this be resolved with a user option? If not, I'll
need some more background, what should I search for in emacs-devel?
IZ> Given that (AFAIK) 5.10 is now too buggy to be usable, I hesitate to
IZ> make the change for 5.10-highlight. If there a way to make "flavors"
IZ> of highlights (as in "minor mode" over "major mode") conveniently -
IZ> and without a non-necessary slow-down?
>>
>> Sorry, I don't know the answer, but I'm in favor of using the 5.10
>> highlighting if it must be one or the other. I doubt the difference
>> will matter enough to most users, and those who do will probably prefer
>> 5.10.
IZ> Why? Myself, I did not see 5.10 yet... (Oups, no. In fact I do have a
IZ> copy of a binary distribution somewhere on the drive... It is
IZ> unzipped, but not installed.)
You're not a good sample of Perl programmers (although me and you can
definitely make a viable sample of Eastern European Perl programmers
with last names starting with "Z").
Ted