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Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?
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Randal L. Schwartz |
Subject: |
Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? |
Date: |
14 Apr 2006 17:27:27 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
Stefan> As the "maintainer" of both perl-mode and (until a few days ago)
Stefan> cperl-mode, I'll vote to keep perl-mode as the default, because
Stefan> cperl-mode's code is ugly.
The code is probably ugly because it actually works on 95% of Perl code out
there, instead of perl-mode which requires a lot more of "you code for
perl-mode, instead of perl-mode helping you".
It's very *rare* that I need to change what I would have typed to have
cperl-mode properly lex it and indent and color it. perl-mode almost always
gets my typical code wrong. Perl code resists naive lexing. cperl-mode is
maintained by the same guy who did a lot of Perl regular expression engine,
and understands parsing complex things.
Stefan> I haven't used cperl-mode much, tho, but my impression was that it
Stefan> provides more specialized support for Perl hackers, while Emacs users
Stefan> who use a variety of languages may prefer perl-mode which is more
Stefan> standard.
Well, there's my datapoint.
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- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, (continued)
Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? (was Re: perl-mode indent bug), Richard Stallman, 2006/04/12
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? (was Re: perl-mode indent bug), Randal L. Schwartz, 2006/04/12
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? (was Re: perl-mode indent bug), Richard Stallman, 2006/04/13
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode? (was Re: perl-mode indent bug), Randal L. Schwartz, 2006/04/13
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/13
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Richard Stallman, 2006/04/14
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/14
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?,
Randal L. Schwartz <=
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Stefan Monnier, 2006/04/14
- Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Richard Stallman, 2006/04/15
Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Richard Stallman, 2006/04/15
Re: cperl-mode instead of perl-mode?, Piet van Oostrum, 2006/04/15