highlighting problems

[Volker Kuhlmann]

On Sat 15 Mar 2008 04:49:41 NZDT +1300, Scott Tringali wrote:

> That's C99, or a gcc extension to C89.  Plently of compilers throw a fit if 
> you try to use // comments in C89 mode.

The difference is that code for compilers which do throw a fit at //
comments doesn't exist (the compiler tells me to change my program), but
not having comments highlighted correctly when they make up a quarter of
the code is mightily annoying.

> Yep.  That's why we tend to stick to the standard.  It may not be complete, 
> but at least that subset is correct in many places.

Being correct in many places of course is not that much use when it
doesn't fit the actual language being used (this isn't only C), and in
my case I tend to not have that many variants.

Perhaps it would be useful afterall to have a few more variants, and
please pack up all the highlighting stuff bundled with nedit for the
next release.

Greetings,

Volker

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