Re: [PATCH v3] userdiff.c & doc/gitattributes.txt: add Octave

> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:57 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
>>
>> Am 11.05.19 um 06:13 schrieb Boxuan Li:
>>> Octave pattern is almost the same as matlab. Besides,
>>> octave also uses '%%%' or '##' to begin code sections.
>>>
>>
>>> @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ PATTERNS("java",
>>>  PATTERNS("matlab",
>>>        "^[[:space:]]*((classdef|function)[[:space:]].*)$|^%%[[:space:]].*$",
>>>        "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*|[-+0-9.e]+|[=~<>]=|\\.[*/\\^']|\\|\\||&&"),
>>> +PATTERNS("octave",
>>> +      /* Mostly the same as matlab. In addition, Octave
>>> +       * supports '##' and '%%%' for code sections */
>>> +      "^[[:space:]]*((classdef|function)[[:space:]].*)$|^(%%%?|##)[[:space:]].*$",
>>> +      "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*|[-+0-9.e]+|[=~<>]=|\\.[*/\\^']|\\|\\||&&"),
>>>  PATTERNS("objc",
>>>        /* Negate C statements that can look like functions */
>>>        "!^[ \t]*(do|for|if|else|return|switch|while)\n"
>>>
>>
>> In Matlab, are %%% and ## valid syntax? If not, instead of introducing a
>> new language, please just extend the Matlab rule to treat %%% and ## as
>> you need for Octave and mark your Octave files as Matlab.
> 
> '##' is not valid syntax in Matlab scripts.
> 
> '%%%' is valid syntax in Matlab. However, it is not used as a section divider.