That's practically what I'd do (the original idea would have required something like lang="x-cpp")... and what probably regular users of class="language-*" and data-programming-language="*" do... The issue is on having a proper attribute for it.
2015-03-20 21:32 GMT+01:00 Michael A. Peters <[email protected]>: > > > On 03/20/2015 01:10 PM, Andrea Rendine wrote: > >> I think it'd be too much for me, as I don't even know if anybody would >> use such an attribute to identify programming language (and I guess it >> wouldn't happen) >> And anyway... a formal standardisation for scripting languages, as new >> ones are often created, I don't know how easy it would be. Not enough >> for me alone, again. >> > > How about using the extension (if any) that would normally be associated > with the language? > > e.g. <code plang="cpp">#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN</code> > > That's what many text editors go by when determining the language. > >
