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" Vim syntax file
" Language: Perl
" Maintainer: vim-perl <vim-perl@googlegroups.com>
" Homepage: https://github.com/vim-perl/vim-perl
" Bugs/requests: https://github.com/vim-perl/vim-perl/issues
" License: Vim License (see :help license)
" Last Change: 2022 Jun 13
" Contributors: Andy Lester <andy@petdance.com>
" Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson <hinrik.sig@gmail.com>
" Lukas Mai <l.mai.web.de>
" Nick Hibma <nick@van-laarhoven.org>
" Sonia Heimann <niania@netsurf.org>
" Rob Hoelz <rob@hoelz.ro>
" Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
" and many others.
"
" Please download the most recent version first, before mailing
" any comments.
"
" The following parameters are available for tuning the
" perl syntax highlighting, with defaults given:
"
" let perl_include_pod = 1
" unlet perl_no_scope_in_variables
" unlet perl_no_extended_vars
" unlet perl_string_as_statement
" unlet perl_no_sync_on_sub
" unlet perl_no_sync_on_global_var
" let perl_sync_dist = 100
" unlet perl_fold
" unlet perl_fold_blocks
" unlet perl_nofold_packages
" unlet perl_nofold_subs
" unlet perl_fold_anonymous_subs
" unlet perl_no_subprototype_error
if exists("b:current_syntax")
finish
endif
let s:cpo_save = &cpo
set cpo&vim
" POD starts with ^=<word> and ends with ^=cut
if get(g:, 'perl_include_pod', 1)
" Include a while extra syntax file
syn include @Pod syntax/pod.vim
unlet b:current_syntax
if get(g:, 'perl_fold', 1)
syn region perlPOD start="^=[a-z]" end="^=cut" contains=@Pod,@Spell,perlTodo keepend fold extend
syn region perlPOD start="^=cut" end="^=cut" contains=perlTodo keepend fold extend
else
syn region perlPOD start="^=[a-z]" end="^=cut" contains=@Pod,@Spell,perlTodo keepend
syn region perlPOD start="^=cut" end="^=cut" contains=perlTodo keepend
endif
else
" Use only the bare minimum of rules
if get(g:, 'perl_fold', 1)
syn region perlPOD start="^=[a-z]" end="^=cut" fold
else
syn region perlPOD start="^=[a-z]" end="^=cut"
endif
endif
syn cluster perlTop contains=TOP
syn region perlBraces start="{" end="}" transparent extend
" All keywords
"
syn match perlConditional "\<\%(if\|elsif\|unless\|given\|when\|default\)\>"
syn match perlConditional "\<else\%(\%(\_s\*if\>\)\|\>\)" contains=perlElseIfError skipwhite skipnl skipempty
syn match perlRepeat "\<\%(while\|for\%(each\)\=\|do\|until\|continue\)\>"
syn match perlOperator "\<\%(defined\|undef\|eq\|ne\|[gl][et]\|cmp\|not\|and\|or\|xor\|not\|bless\|ref\|do\)\>"
" for some reason, adding this as the nextgroup for perlControl fixes BEGIN
" folding issues...
syn match perlFakeGroup "" contained
syn match perlControl "\<\%(BEGIN\|CHECK\|INIT\|END\|UNITCHECK\)\>\_s*" nextgroup=perlFakeGroup
syn match perlStatementStorage "\<\%(my\|our\|local\|state\)\>"
syn match perlStatementControl "\<\%(return\|last\|next\|redo\|goto\|break\)\>"
syn match perlStatementScalar "\<\%(chom\=p\|chr\|crypt\|r\=index\|lc\%(first\)\=\|length\|ord\|pack\|sprintf\|substr\|fc\|uc\%(first\)\=\)\>"
syn match perlStatementRegexp "\<\%(pos\|quotemeta\|split\|study\)\>"
syn match perlStatementNumeric "\<\%(abs\|atan2\|cos\|exp\|hex\|int\|log\|oct\|rand\|sin\|sqrt\|srand\)\>"
syn match perlStatementList "\<\%(splice\|unshift\|shift\|push\|pop\|join\|reverse\|grep\|map\|sort\|unpack\)\>"
syn match perlStatementHash "\<\%(delete\|each\|exists\|keys\|values\)\>"
syn match perlStatementIOfunc "\<\%(syscall\|dbmopen\|dbmclose\)\>"
syn match perlStatementFiledesc "\<\%(binmode\|close\%(dir\)\=\|eof\|fileno\|getc\|lstat\|printf\=\|read\%(dir\|line\|pipe\)\|rewinddir\|say\|select\|stat\|tell\%(dir\)\=\|write\)\>" nextgroup=perlFiledescStatementNocomma skipwhite
syn match perlStatementFiledesc "\<\%(fcntl\|flock\|ioctl\|open\%(dir\)\=\|read\|seek\%(dir\)\=\|sys\%(open\|read\|seek\|write\)\|truncate\)\>" nextgroup=perlFiledescStatementComma skipwhite
syn match perlStatementVector "\<vec\>"
syn match perlStatementFiles "\<\%(ch\%(dir\|mod\|own\|root\)\|glob\|link\|mkdir\|readlink\|rename\|rmdir\|symlink\|umask\|unlink\|utime\)\>"
syn match perlStatementFiles "-[rwxoRWXOezsfdlpSbctugkTBMAC]\>"
syn match perlStatementFlow "\<\%(caller\|die\|dump\|eval\|exit\|wantarray\|evalbytes\)\>"
syn match perlStatementInclude "\<\%(require\|import\|unimport\)\>"
syn match perlStatementInclude "\<\%(use\|no\)\s\+\%(\%(attributes\|attrs\|autodie\%(::\%(exception\%(::system\)\=\|hints\|skip\)\)\=\|autouse\|parent\|base\|big\%(int\|num\|rat\)\|blib\|bytes\|charnames\|constant\|deprecate\|diagnostics\|encoding\%(::warnings\)\=\|experimental\|feature\|fields\|filetest\|if\|integer\|less\|lib\|locale\|mro\|ok\|open\|ops\|overload\|overloading\|re\|sigtrap\|sort\|strict\|subs\|threads\%(::shared\)\=\|utf8\|vars\|version\|vmsish\|warnings\%(::register\)\=\)\>\)\="
syn match perlStatementProc "\<\%(alarm\|exec\|fork\|get\%(pgrp\|ppid\|priority\)\|kill\|pipe\|set\%(pgrp\|priority\)\|sleep\|system\|times\|wait\%(pid\)\=\)\>"
syn match perlStatementSocket "\<\%(accept\|bind\|connect\|get\%(peername\|sock\%(name\|opt\)\)\|listen\|recv\|send\|setsockopt\|shutdown\|socket\%(pair\)\=\)\>"
syn match perlStatementIPC "\<\%(msg\%(ctl\|get\|rcv\|snd\)\|sem\%(ctl\|get\|op\)\|shm\%(ctl\|get\|read\|write\)\)\>"
syn match perlStatementNetwork "\<\%(\%(end\|[gs]et\)\%(host\|net\|proto\|serv\)ent\|get\%(\%(host\|net\)by\%(addr\|name\)\|protoby\%(name\|number\)\|servby\%(name\|port\)\)\)\>"
syn match perlStatementPword "\<\%(get\%(pw\%(uid\|nam\)\|gr\%(gid\|nam\)\|login\)\)\|\%(end\|[gs]et\)\%(pw\|gr\)ent\>"
syn match perlStatementTime "\<\%(gmtime\|localtime\|time\)\>"
syn match perlStatementMisc "\<\%(warn\|format\|formline\|reset\|scalar\|prototype\|lock\|tied\=\|untie\)\>"
syn keyword perlTodo TODO TODO: TBD TBD: FIXME FIXME: XXX XXX: NOTE NOTE: contained
syn region perlStatementIndirObjWrap matchgroup=perlStatementIndirObj start="\%(\<\%(map\|grep\|sort\|printf\=\|say\|system\|exec\)\>\s*\)\@<={" end="}" transparent extend
syn match perlLabel "^\s*\h\w*\s*::\@!\%(\<v\d\+\s*:\)\@<!"
" Perl Identifiers.
"
" Should be cleaned up to better handle identifiers in particular situations
" (in hash keys for example)
"
" Plain identifiers: $foo, @foo, $#foo, %foo, &foo and dereferences $$foo, @$foo, etc.
" We do not process complex things such as @{${"foo"}}. Too complicated, and
" too slow. And what is after the -> is *not* considered as part of the
" variable - there again, too complicated and too slow.
" Special variables first ($^A, ...) and ($|, $', ...)
syn match perlVarPlain "$^[ACDEFHILMNOPRSTVWX]\="
syn match perlVarPlain "$[\\\"\[\]'&`+*.,;=%~!?@#$<>(-]"
syn match perlVarPlain "@[-+]"
syn match perlVarPlain "$\%(0\|[1-9]\d*\)"
" Same as above, but avoids confusion in $::foo (equivalent to $main::foo)
syn match perlVarPlain "$::\@!"
" These variables are not recognized within matches.
syn match perlVarNotInMatches "$[|)]"
" This variable is not recognized within matches delimited by m//.
syn match perlVarSlash "$/"
" And plain identifiers
syn match perlPackageRef "[$@#%*&]\%(\%(::\|'\)\=\I\i*\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\)\=\%(::\|'\)\I"ms=s+1,me=e-1 contained
" To not highlight packages in variables as a scope reference - i.e. in
" $pack::var, pack:: is a scope, just set "perl_no_scope_in_variables"
" If you don't want complex things like @{${"foo"}} to be processed,
" just set the variable "perl_no_extended_vars"...
if !get(g:, 'perl_no_scope_in_variables', 0)
syn match perlVarPlain "\%([@$]\|\$#\)\$*\%(\I\i*\)\=\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\%(::\|\i\@<=\)" contains=perlPackageRef nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref
syn match perlVarPlain2 "%\$*\%(\I\i*\)\=\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\%(::\|\i\@<=\)" contains=perlPackageRef nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref
syn match perlFunctionName "&\$*\%(\I\i*\)\=\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\%(::\|\i\@<=\)" contains=perlPackageRef nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref
else
syn match perlVarPlain "\%([@$]\|\$#\)\$*\%(\I\i*\)\=\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\%(::\|\i\@<=\)" nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref
syn match perlVarPlain2 "%\$*\%(\I\i*\)\=\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\%(::\|\i\@<=\)" nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref
syn match perlFunctionName "&\$*\%(\I\i*\)\=\%(\%(::\|'\)\I\i*\)*\%(::\|\i\@<=\)" nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref
endif
syn match perlVarPlain2 "%[-+]"
if !get(g:, 'perl_no_extended_vars', 0)
syn cluster perlExpr contains=perlStatementIndirObjWrap,perlStatementScalar,perlStatementRegexp,perlStatementNumeric,perlStatementList,perlStatementHash,perlStatementFiles,perlStatementTime,perlStatementMisc,perlVarPlain,perlVarPlain2,perlVarNotInMatches,perlVarSlash,perlVarBlock,perlVarBlock2,perlShellCommand,perlFloat,perlNumber,perlStringUnexpanded,perlString,perlQ,perlQQ,perlQW,perlQR,perlArrow,perlBraces
syn region perlArrow matchgroup=perlArrow start="->\s*(" end=")" contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref contained
syn region perlArrow matchgroup=perlArrow start="->\s*\[" end="\]" contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref contained
syn region perlArrow matchgroup=perlArrow start="->\s*{" end="}" contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref contained
syn match perlArrow "->\s*{\s*\I\i*\s*}" contains=perlVarSimpleMemberName nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref contained
syn region perlVarBlock matchgroup=perlVarPlain start="\%($#\|[$@]\)\$*{" skip="\\}" end=+}\|\%(\%(<<\%('\|"\)\?\)\@=\)+ contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref extend
syn region perlVarBlock2 matchgroup=perlVarPlain start="[%&*]\$*{" skip="\\}" end=+}\|\%(\%(<<\%('\|"\)\?\)\@=\)+ contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref extend
syn match perlVarPlain2 "[%&*]\$*{\I\i*}" nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref extend
syn match perlVarPlain "\%(\$#\|[@$]\)\$*{\I\i*}" nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref extend
syn region perlVarMember matchgroup=perlVarPlain start="\%(->\)\={" skip="\\}" end="}" contained contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref extend
syn match perlVarSimpleMember "\%(->\)\={\s*\I\i*\s*}" nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref contains=perlVarSimpleMemberName contained extend
syn match perlVarSimpleMemberName "\I\i*" contained
syn region perlVarMember matchgroup=perlVarPlain start="\%(->\)\=\[" skip="\\]" end="]" contained contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarMember,perlVarSimpleMember,perlPostDeref extend
syn match perlPackageConst "__PACKAGE__" nextgroup=perlPostDeref
syn match perlPostDeref "->\%($#\|[$@%&*]\)\*" contained nextgroup=perlVarSimpleMember,perlVarMember,perlPostDeref
syn region perlPostDeref start="->\%($#\|[$@%&*]\)\[" skip="\\]" end="]" contained contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarSimpleMember,perlVarMember,perlPostDeref
syn region perlPostDeref matchgroup=perlPostDeref start="->\%($#\|[$@%&*]\){" skip="\\}" end="}" keepend extend contained contains=@perlExpr nextgroup=perlVarSimpleMember,perlVarMember,perlPostDeref
endif
" File Descriptors
syn match perlFiledescRead "<\h\w*>"
syn match perlFiledescStatementComma "(\=\s*\<\u\w*\>\s*,"me=e-1 transparent contained contains=perlFiledescStatement
syn match perlFiledescStatementNocomma "(\=\s*\<\u\w*\>\s*[^, \t]"me=e-1 transparent contained contains=perlFiledescStatement
syn match perlFiledescStatement "\<\u\w*\>" contained
" Special characters in strings and matches
syn match perlSpecialString "\\\%(\o\{1,3}\|x\%({\x\+}\|\x\{1,2}\)\|c.\|[^cx]\)" contained extend
syn match perlSpecialStringU2 "\\." extend contained contains=NONE
syn match perlSpecialStringU "\\\\" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "\\[1-9]" contained extend
syn match perlSpecialMatch "\\g\%(\d\+\|{\%(-\=\d\+\|\h\w*\)}\)" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "\\k\%(<\h\w*>\|'\h\w*'\)" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "{\d\+\%(,\%(\d\+\)\=\)\=}" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "\[[]-]\=[^\[\]]*[]-]\=\]" contained extend
syn match perlSpecialMatch "[+*()?.]" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "(?[#:=!]" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "(?[impsx]*\%(-[imsx]\+\)\=)" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "(?\%([-+]\=\d\+\|R\))" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "(?\%(&\|P[>=]\)\h\w*)" contained
syn match perlSpecialMatch "(\*\%(\%(PRUNE\|SKIP\|THEN\)\%(:[^)]*\)\=\|\%(MARK\|\):[^)]*\|COMMIT\|F\%(AIL\)\=\|ACCEPT\))" contained
" Possible errors
"
" Highlight lines with only whitespace (only in blank delimited here documents) as errors
syn match perlNotEmptyLine "^\s\+$" contained
" Highlight "} else if (...) {", it should be "} else { if (...) { " or "} elsif (...) {"
syn match perlElseIfError "else\_s*if" containedin=perlConditional
syn keyword perlElseIfError elseif containedin=perlConditional
" Variable interpolation
"
" These items are interpolated inside "" strings and similar constructs.
syn cluster perlInterpDQ contains=perlSpecialString,perlVarPlain,perlVarNotInMatches,perlVarSlash,perlVarBlock
" These items are interpolated inside '' strings and similar constructs.
syn cluster perlInterpSQ contains=perlSpecialStringU,perlSpecialStringU2
" These items are interpolated inside m// matches and s/// substitutions.
syn cluster perlInterpSlash contains=perlSpecialString,perlSpecialMatch,perlVarPlain,perlVarBlock
" These items are interpolated inside m## matches and s### substitutions.
syn cluster perlInterpMatch contains=@perlInterpSlash,perlVarSlash
" Shell commands
syn region perlShellCommand matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start="`" end="`" contains=@perlInterpDQ keepend
" Constants
"
" Numbers
syn case ignore
syn match perlNumber "\<\%(0\|[1-9]\%(_\=\d\)*\)\>"
syn match perlNumber "\<0\%(x\x\%(_\=\x\)*\|b[01]\%(_\=[01]\)*\|o\=\%(_\=\o\)*\)\>"
syn match perlFloat "\<\d\%(_\=\d\)*e[-+]\=\d\%(_\=\d\)*"
syn match perlFloat "\<\d\%(_\=\d\)*\.\%(\d\%(_\=\d\)*\)\=\%(e[-+]\=\d\%(_\=\d\)*\)\="
syn match perlFloat "\.\d\%(_\=\d\)*\%(e[-+]\=\d\%(_\=\d\)*\)\="
syn match perlFloat "\<0x\x\%(_\=\x\)*p[-+]\=\d\%(_\=\d\)*"
syn match perlFloat "\<0x\x\%(_\=\x\)*\.\%(\x\%(_\=\x\)*\)\=\%(p[-+]\=\d\%(_\=\d\)*\)\="
syn match perlFloat "\<0x\.\x\%(_\=\x\)*\%(p[-+]\=\d\%(_\=\d\)*\)\="
syn case match
syn match perlString "\<\%(v\d\+\%(\.\d\+\)*\|\d\+\%(\.\d\+\)\{2,}\)\>" contains=perlVStringV
syn match perlVStringV "\<v" contained
syn region perlParensSQ start=+(+ end=+)+ extend contained contains=perlParensSQ,@perlInterpSQ keepend
syn region perlBracketsSQ start=+\[+ end=+\]+ extend contained contains=perlBracketsSQ,@perlInterpSQ keepend
syn region perlBracesSQ start=+{+ end=+}+ extend contained contains=perlBracesSQ,@perlInterpSQ keepend
syn region perlAnglesSQ start=+<+ end=+>+ extend contained contains=perlAnglesSQ,@perlInterpSQ keepend
syn region perlParensDQ start=+(+ end=+)+ extend contained contains=perlParensDQ,@perlInterpDQ keepend
syn region perlBracketsDQ start=+\[+ end=+\]+ extend contained contains=perlBracketsDQ,@perlInterpDQ keepend
syn region perlBracesDQ start=+{+ end=+}+ extend contained contains=perlBracesDQ,@perlInterpDQ keepend
syn region perlAnglesDQ start=+<+ end=+>+ extend contained contains=perlAnglesDQ,@perlInterpDQ keepend
" Simple version of searches and matches
syn match perlMatchModifiers "[msixpadluncgo]\+" contained
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\>\s*\z([^[:space:]'([{<#]\)+ end=+\z1+ contains=@perlInterpMatch keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m#+ end=+#+ contains=@perlInterpMatch keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\s*'+ end=+'+ contains=@perlInterpSQ keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\s*/+ end=+/+ contains=@perlInterpSlash keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\s*(+ end=+)+ contains=@perlInterpMatch,perlParensDQ keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\s*{+ end=+}+ contains=@perlInterpMatch,perlBracesDQ extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\s*<+ end=+>+ contains=@perlInterpMatch,perlAnglesDQ keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start=+\<\%(::\|'\|->\)\@<!m\s*\[+ end=+\]+ contains=@perlInterpMatch,perlBracketsDQ keepend extend nextgroup=perlMatchModifiers
" Below some hacks to recognise the // variant. This is virtually impossible to catch in all
" cases as the / is used in so many other ways, but these should be the most obvious ones.
syn region perlMatch matchgroup=perlMatchStartEnd start="\%([$@%&*]\@<!\%(\<split\|\<while\|\<if\|\<unless\|\.\.\|[-+*!~(\[{=]\
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