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Function handle accessor not colored after 4 whitespaces, cannot be separated from anonymous function in case of line continuations
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Description
There can be an arbitrary number of whitespaces after the function handle.
But in the tmLanguage there is a limit on 4 whitespace characters. Also \s includes newlines, which is not allowed.
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Start at Matlab.tmbundle/Syntaxes/MATLAB.tmLanguage around line 2491 and inspect the function-handle accessor pattern. Reproduce the issue with the linked examples, then verify that arbitrary spaces are highlighted while newlines remain disallowed and line continuations are not mistaken for anonymous functions.
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- Tech stack
- matlab
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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