Perl keywords are highlighted in a here-doc
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Description
Information
- Language: Perl
- Plugins: "Perl"
Description
This example is from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_document#Perl :
my $sender = "Buffy the Vampire Slayer";
my $recipient = "Spike";
print <<"END";
Dear $recipient,
I wish you to leave Sunnydale and never return.
Not Quite Love,
$sender
END
PrismJS highlights and and return as if the body is parsed as Perl code:
The Wiki highlighting is closer to expectations:
Both are still somewhat incorrect, but the wiki style is spiritually closer than PrismJS
Code snippet
The code being highlighted incorrectly.
my $sender = "Buffy the Vampire Slayer";
my $recipient = "Spike";
print <<"END";
Dear $recipient,
I wish you to leave Sunnydale and never return.
Not Quite Love,
$sender
END
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Perl plugin and the linked PrismJS test page, using the provided here-document example to reproduce the highlighting. Add regression coverage for the example and adjust the grammar so the here-document body is not parsed as Perl code; done means keywords such as "and" and "return" are no longer highlighted there.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, perl
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100