bug#5064: marked as done (23.1.50; perl mode coloring gone if subroutine name is one letter long)

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and subject line Bug#558428: mention that perl can't deal with certain one 
letter subroutines
has caused the Emacs bug report #5064,
regarding 23.1.50; perl mode coloring gone if subroutine name is one letter long
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> 23.1.50; perl mode coloring gone if subroutine name is one letter long
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> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:41:40 +0800
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> Gentlemen, consider the following perl subroutines.
> Notice how the latter has all its coloring gone, just because it starts
> with one letter. (perl-mode)^X^E
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> sub max {
>     my $max = shift(@_);
>     foreach $foo (@_) {
>         $max = $foo if $max < $foo;
>     }
>     return $max;
> }
> sub m {
>     my $max = shift(@_);
>     foreach $foo (@_) {
>         $max = $foo if $max < $foo;
>     }
>     return $max;
> }
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> Subject: 
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> Bug#558428: mention that perl can't deal with certain one letter subroutines
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> Date: 
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> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:23:07 +0800
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> X-debbugs-cc: 5064-close@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
> Package: perl-doc
> Version: 5.10.1-8
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/share/man/man1/perlsub.1.gz
> Tags: upstream
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> Dear Perl guys: On the perlsub man page, please mention near:
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>        Subroutines whose names are in all upper case are reserved to the
>        Perl core, as are modules whose names are in all lower case.
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> that sub m {...}
> won't work too.
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> SM> Actually, the problem is not really that it's only one letter, but that
> SM> it's the "keyword" m, used for matching (as in "m/regexp/").  Of course
> SM> the same can happen with other keywords like "s", "tr", "y", "q", "qx",
> SM> and various others.
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