[TxMt] function prototype c

[Allan Odgaard]

On 4. Mar 2007, at 01:40, Juan wrote:

> I have changed
>
> 	\s+
> by
> 	\s*
>
> in the (L)anguage grammar for to C recognize also "name(args)" and  
> not only "name (args)" as function prototype in C.

FYI the reason why I decided to make it \s+ was that I got false  
positives e.g. like:

     string str("foo");

Which is a variable declaration, not a function declaration.  
Technically we probably could improve the patterns to check if the  
“arguments” follow a “type variable” pattern, though then we have  
stuff like:

     int main(void);

> I did easily the change in the C bundle, but my question es:
>
> 	is it the best way of changing an standard bundle?
>
> 	if that bundle is updated in the future by the TM developers, will  
> it be updated in my system?

The bundle will be updated, but when changing a language grammar, you  
fork that grammar.

I guess the best way to have a locally modified grammar, but still  
have it updated with “official” changes is to checkout the bundle  
from the subversion repository into ~/Library/TextMate/Application  
Support/Bundles, then regularly svn up it, and fix the potential  
merge conflicts that can arise, if the default bundle is changed in a  
way that overlaps with the local changes.