Re: Include modern-cpp-font-lock into GNU Emacs

[Ludwig PACIFICI]

Hello Alan,

Thank you for your reply.

> In what respects is this package an improvement over the fontification
> in standard C++ Mode?

About two years ago, when I was writing C++ programs, I wanted to have a 
quick fix for the missing fontification. It is not an improvement from 
standard C++ mode, but a quicker way to get the font lock up to date.

> Do you have an up to date diff betweeen m-c-f-l.el and C++ Mode - things
> that m-c-f-l handles, but C++ Mode doesn't?

No. In my opinion, I should do that diff, and, if any, contact you via 
cc-mode project to reduce the gap?

> I think I would prefer to integrate missing font locking into CC Mode,
> rather than introducing a new ad-hoc package which doesn't fit well with
> CC Mode.  But I do accept your comment about the rate of release of C++
> Mode.

I believe the issue is broader than m-c-f-l and cc-mode. The difference 
between an Emacs release cycle (where Emacs provides a built-in support 
for some languages, like cc-mode, python, ruby-mode, etc.) and the 
release cycle of a language can lead to a long delay to get things right 
(such as font locking). Having the language support delivered via a 
package manager makes the updates less dependent of release cycles.

Ludwig