Support for function definition arguments on second line

[jmclaughlan]

We use a coding standard that puts the arguments on the lines below the function definition:

static void my_func
(
  void
)
{
}

Which isn't recognized by ST3/CImproved as a function, isn't color highlighted and does not show up in ctrl-r or ctrl-shift-r list.

I see that all that is needed to make it a "function" is to place at least the opening parenthesis on the same line as the function name. In C it should not matter how many spaces or lines are in between and should be considered as white space.

This may be an issue with the C/C++ syntax as built into ST3 but I was hoping that it could be handled in CImproved.

[abusalimov]

Unlike full-fledged context-free parsers used by most compilers, syntax highlighting in ST is implemented using line-by-line regexp pattern matching. There is no way to look-ahead a pattern beyond the current line. For example, when parsing my_func we can't see the opening paren which is on the next line.
I'm afraid this is impossible (or near to impossible) to overcome these limitations. Sorry for that.

[jmclaughlan]

Too bad. Thanks for the feedback.

[dwhall]

abusalimov, I understand your reason for "wontfix" on this issue. I wish the ST authors could fix this issue, not for syntax highlight/coloring but because I can't do Ctrl+R (Goto symbol) on C function names.

[abusalimov]

BTW, there're some related requests on userecho: for example, API for language syntax and Plugin API request, both created over 3 years ago though...