Re: emacs rendering comparisson between emacs23 and emacs26.3

[Stefan Monnier]

> The question remains: has anybody other than Stefan M. freely chosen to
> use syntax-ppss and syntax-propertize-function, whilst being aware of
> their disadvantages and of alternatives?

Not quite sure I can answer that.

I can point to cperl-mode which used the exact same approach as
`syntax-propertize` (without using `syntax-propertize` because it didn't
exist yet) and I can point to many major modes that use
`syntax-propertize` successfully without my involvement.  Perl is one of
the languages that requires the most intense help from `syntax-table
text properties.

AFAIK CC-mode is the only "alternative" and last I checked there's only
one human on this planet who really knows what it does.

> The syntax-propertize mechanism erases s-t p's in a manner not under
> the control of the major mode, which means the major mode needs to
> implement workarounds (which are liable to be slow).

I have no idea what you're referring to.


        Stefan