Re: fontlock-speed

nix> On 08 Feb 2002, Stephen J. Turnbull spake: nix> Um, since C is a (somewhat) context-sensitive language, and Stephen> I doubt the minimal degree of context sensitivity in Stephen> C/C++/Java is what's relevant here. I'm sure it's Stephen> dominated by the fact that the indentation itself is Stephen> context-sensitive. Oops, brain-o, ignore the above. Failure to mentally change gears between "context-sensitive language" and anticipating the everyday use of "context" in the main point below. Stephen> But I thought context was relative, that is invariably Stephen> local to the current list and its prefix [...] Stephen> I gather you're trying to tell me that's false? Note that this in the context (yet another use of that word!) of fontlock and indentation, where an approximation ought to be good enough. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.