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bug#69604: perl-mode and cperl-mode: $\" in a double-quoted string


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#69604: perl-mode and cperl-mode: $\" in a double-quoted string
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:32:21 +0200

> From: Harald Jörg <haj@posteo.de>
> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:25:45 +0000
> 
> Good catch!  The same symptoms can be seen in cperl-mode.
> 
> Both perl-mode and cperl-mode treat "$" as quoting character in their
> syntax tables.  This is needed for Perl's punctuation variables like $(
> and $" which would otherwise be interpreted as unbalanced parens or
> quotes.
> 
> In a string, this safety belt is not required, and it actually misfires
> in the case of "$\"", which is part of the demo code.
> 
> This is now treated correctly in the Emacs master branch for both
> perl-mode and cperl-mode.

Thanks.  Should this bug be closed now?





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