Re: cperl mode font-lock problems
Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
if a string ends with $, you are in deep trouble with font-lock.
This is because cperl mode defines $ to be an "escape" character, just
like backslash.
It actually has to do that, so that stuff like
$[ = 10;
or
$' = whatever;
work out right. Perl is truly convoluted.