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ack '(_|\b)mtype\b' fails on color coding #324

Closed petdance closed 7 years ago

petdance commented 11 years ago

I was searching for the string mtype as a word, or as the tail end of another word, as in expected_mtype.

ack '(_|\b)mtype\b' seems to find the correct results, but mtype is never highlighted, and the only thing that does get highlighted is any _ before mtype.

Here's some test data.

# Test for '(_|\b)mtype\n'
itemtype # Should not match
work_mtype # Should match
mtypelist # Should not match
my $mtype # Should match
hoelzro commented 11 years ago

I think this is a duplicate of #304.

gedge commented 10 years ago

yes, this is a duplicate of #304 - please close

petdance commented 10 years ago

Leaving both open until it is fixed.

petdance commented 7 years ago

This is an intentional feature. It is removed in ack3.