[Johan Walles] perl-mode highlight breaks down on prototype

[Michael Olson]

I'm forwarding this to the emacs-devel mailing list (from the Ubuntu
bug-tracker) in hopes that someone can help to diagnose this problem.

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> [Bug 189873] [NEW] perl-mode highlight breaks down on prototype
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> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:29:40 -0000
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> Public bug reported:
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> Binary package hint: emacs22-common
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> With emacs22-common 22.1-0ubuntu5.1, type the following in a perl-mode
> buffer (but without the quotes):
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> "
> #!/usr/bin/perl
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> sub searchCRS($$$$$$);
> searchCRS("SELECT $cr_columns FROM CRS crs WHERE category=1 ORDER BY hours 
> DESC, created;", 24, 0, 0, "(Co)|(UC)", "problem");
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> # Prio 2 list.
> "
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> Note how the last comment is highlighted as string contents, not as a
> comment.  Indentation and everything else thinks it's inside a string as
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> Removing the "sub" line works around this.  Just commenting it out
> doesn't help.
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> ** Affects: emacs22 (Ubuntu)
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
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> perl-mode highlight breaks down on prototype
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189873
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