GNU bug report logs - #45083
perl mode: $x{last}, $x{'last'}, $x{first} should look the same, and different from just last

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 22:02:02 UTC

Severity: minor

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: perl mode: $x{last}, $x{'last'}, $x{first}  should look the same,
 and different from just last
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 19:31:25 +0800

$ emacs file.pl
Shouldn't perl mode know that "last" is not special here,

        $strings{this} = $_->toString;
        $strings{skip} = $strings{this} eq $strings{last};
        $strings{last} = $strings{this};

and thus not color it differently?

> Well then quote it.

OK,

        $strings{"last"} = $strings{this};

But now it looks even more different.

Therefore perl mode should know that
$x{last}, $x{'last'} etc. should look the same, and different from just last.

emacs-version "27.1"
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