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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In our last meeting
Patrick M mentioned that it was a Perlesque thing to do to place a
</font><tt><b>"#XXX"</b></tt><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif"> designator comment wherever there was code that
needed to be revisited. He went on to say that in the
collaborative development on Perl 5, the maintainers use that
"flag" to signal that something needs to be looked over again.<br>
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I thought to myself that I'd adopt the convention and try it out.
Well for anyone who knows me, I'm a hardcover Vim'mer, and my
.vimrc file is customized for Perl development. All Perl syntax
highlighting and context-based auto-folding is enabled, plugins
installed, ad nauseum.<br>
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Today when I typed in the old <tt><b>"#XXX"</b></tt> comment into
vim, the Perl syntax highlighting engine lit it up in bright
color. I've attached a screenshot inline for anyone who might
find it even as partially amusing as myself. Even with the <tt><b>:setnohls</b></tt>
flag enabled for vim, the Perl syntax highlighter *still*
highlights the </font><tt><b>"#XXX"</b></tt><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> so that it is very easy to
see when speedily combing through a file.<br>
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AWESOME! As a demonstration, I typed it in several times for
maximum shock value---<br>
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<img src="cid:part1.05020803.05070707@internetalias.net" alt=""><br>
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What can I say? These little things amuse me. Now please try
your hardest to refrain from telling me how lame I am for not
knowing this already. If you can't resist, it's OK, I guess I can
take it.<br>
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--Tommy Butler</font>
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