(brainstorm) munge(syntax_files, ASTs) => possibilities.

[Nikolai Weibull]

Hugh Sasse wrote:

> So, my question is: Is it sensible to consider doing this sort of
> manipulation with ASTs?  Is it worth floating (a fleshed out?) version
> of the idea on vim-dev or elsewhere?  I'm thinking it might make it
> easier for the vim-file maintainers to re-use code from other files if
> the semantics can be encapsulated as well as the syntax, but I don't
> actually know where to start with this.

Hm, perhaps I never sent that mail to vim-dev, but I was certainly
thinking of the same thing.  Todo, String, Number, and Comment are often
similar between many syntaxes.  I can’t remember the exact reason I
opted not to send anything about it, but I think there was a good
reason.
        
        nikolai

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