Bug with vim's syntax highlighting in perl

[André-Yves]

Binary package hint: vim

If a regex using an alternate delimiter finishes with a $ sign, the syntax highlighting thinks it is a variable.

ex :

m[foobar$]
m#foobar$#

will higlight $] and $# as a variable. The real impact is that it doesn't perceive the regex as terminated, and highlight the rest of the document accordingly, until it reach a suitable delimiter.

I use Ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
Vim : VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Sep 21 2009 11:22:49)
Included patches: 1-245

[André-Yves (andreyves)]

Example of a file that show this bug :

#!usr/bin/perl

$foo =~ m[foobar$];

#This should be a comment but is not highlighted as one.

[Will Gray (graywh)]

Please report this to the syntax/perl.vim maintainer.

[srdjan (srdjan-djenka)]

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On 14/05/10 08:06, Will Gray wrote:
> Please report this to the syntax/perl.vim maintainer.
>
Can you please reassign, or provide instructions how to report to
syntax/perl.vim
Thanks.

Srdjan
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[Will Gray (graywh)]

Read the first several lines of /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/perl.vim

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

The debian bug says this is fixed in 7.2.436, Ubuntu quantal is on 7.3.547, and trying your example it does look fixed.