I am pretty bad with regex stuff, but I will try to figure out how to isolate it.
I posted it here quickly just in case there was something silly I was missing in that snippet. For what it's worth, it's used in this syntax plugin: http://github.com/pangloss/vim-javascript And setting the regexpengine=1 | syntax enable fixes the problem, although it's a far from ideal solution. On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:09:49 AM UTC-7, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Amadeus Demarzi wrote: > > > > > With the update to vim 7.4, it seems as if this particular regex just > > > doesn't match in particular cases in 7.4, but it worked fine in 7.3. > > > > > > syntax region jsRegexpString > > start=+\(\(\(return\|case\)\s\+\)\@<=\|\(\([)\]"']\|\d\|\w\)\s*\)\@<!\)/\(\*\|/\)\@!+ > > skip=+\\\\\|\\/+ end=+/[gimy]\{,4}+ > > contains=jsSpecial,jsRegexpCharClass,jsRegexpGroup,@jsRegexpSpecial,@htmlPreproc > > oneline > > > > > > Does not match in 7.4, but did in 7.3: > > > var x = /test/; > > > > > > Matches in 7.4 and 7.3: > > > return /test/; > > > > > > I am posting in here in case there is a simple quickfix that I am > > > overlooking. Otherwise I can attempt to put together a more > > > reproducible test case. > > > > I'll see if I can reproduce it. Please try to come up with a simple > > search pattern that fails. You can use 'regexpengine' to select the old > > code. A syntax command makes it difficult to pinpoint the problem. > > > > -- > > From "know your smileys": > > ~#:-( I just washed my hair, and I can't do nuthin' with it. > > > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ > > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ > > \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// > > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
