Re: Syntax file for M4/Autoconf

["Andrew V. Samoilov" <kai cmail ru>]

Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > > The question about comments may be for me.  I remember that I just scanned
> > > the web for SQL files and checked sources of PostgreSQL and MySQL.  
> > > PostgreSQL uses "--".  MySQL uses "#".  Take MySQL source and look for
> > > *.test files.
> >
> > It's very bad - # has not special sence and can be used in keywords in 
> > Oracle. Only --, rem[ark] and /* */ are legal comments there.
>
>
> You mean names of columns and tables?  MySQL doesn't allow it.

Yes, and I think Oracle SQL is more compatible with ANSI.

> How about this?
>
> =================================
> --- sql.syntax
> +++ sql.syntax
> @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
>      keyword , brightcyan/14
>      keyword ; brightcyan/14
>  
> -context # \n brown/22
> +context linestart # \n brown/22
>      spellcheck
>  
>  context exclusive -- \n brown/22
> =================================

This works just fine for Oracle SQL.
Thanks!

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Regards,
Andrew . Samoilov