Re: address@hidden: C++-mode: Syntax highlighting: wrong color for function identifier depending on the kind of whitespace that follows]

[Stefan Monnier]

> You are right, it is not /that/ different.  However, the proposed
> hook, like the other functions in `after-change-functions', will get
> the begin and end of the changed region which will mostly be smaller
> than the region passed to `font-lock-default-fontify-region' and the
> end of the region will be nearer to the point I am interested in.  So
> detecting an ending tag with something like (search-backward ">>" (1-
> beg) t) will be faster.

Typically, the region processed by `font-lock-default-fontify-region' will
just have one more line than the one in after-change-functions, so unless
you have really long lines, the difference will be lost in the noise.


        Stefan