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bug#46024: Perl mode colors the word "argument" funny
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#46024: Perl mode colors the word "argument" funny |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:38:33 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
haj@posteo.de (Harald Jörg) writes:
> So I wonder: What is the ambition of Emacs to support Raku? The
> languages Perl (Perl 5) and Raku (Perl 6) have diverged in their syntax,
> so robably it is rather cumbersome to support both with any of the Perl
> modes. In my opionion, randomly adding Raku features to the modes
> brings more confusion than productivity, and in any case keywords which
> are no longer part of either language should be eliminated, in
> particular: 'argument', which is the topic of this bug report.
Long term, it does seem like the best solution would be to have a
separate mode for Raku, and not keep tweaking (c)perl-mode to add Raku
features, I think.
So backing out this change ('argument' etc) sounds like a good idea to
me.
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