Re: [PATCH] kernel source spellchecker

Matthias Schniedermeyer
2003-03-02T09:21:14Z

On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:15:42AM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> > > >This versions defaults to only correct words within a comment. ...
> > > >// Comments are easy(tm). "Everything after // until line-end".
> > > >
> > > >and /* ... */ are easy(tm) too because gcc doesn't support to nest them.
> > >
> > > I'll be damned. I'm impressed with how easy that was in perl.
> >
> > As long as there is no nesting involved most things a easy/trivial to
> > achieve with REs.
>
> Does it cope with:
>
> main ()
> {
> // /*
> printf ("hello world");
> // */
> }
>
> though?

No. I could fix this, but i don't think it's worth it.

Bis denn

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Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as
bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer
wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated,
cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.