" Vim syntax file
" Language:	Dylan
" Authors:	Justus Pendleton <[email protected]>
"		Brent A. Fulgham <[email protected]>
" Last Change:	Fri Sep 29 13:45:55 PDT 2000
"
" This syntax file is based on the Haskell, Perl, Scheme, and C
" syntax files.

" Part 1:  Syntax definition
" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
if version < 600
  syntax clear
elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
  finish
endif

syn case ignore

if version < 600
  set lisp
else
  setlocal lisp
endif

" Highlight special characters (those that have backslashes) differently
syn match	dylanSpecial		display contained "\\\(x\x\+\|\o\{1,3}\|.\|$\)"

" Keywords
syn keyword	dylanBlock		afterwards begin block cleanup end
syn keyword	dylanClassMods		abstract concrete primary inherited virtual
syn keyword	dylanException		exception handler signal
syn keyword	dylanParamDefs		method class function library macro interface
syn keyword	dylanSimpleDefs		constant variable generic primary
syn keyword	dylanOther		above below from by in instance local slot subclass then to
syn keyword	dylanConditional	if when select case else elseif unless finally otherwise then
syn keyword	dylanRepeat		begin for until while from to
syn keyword	dylanStatement		define let
syn keyword	dylanImport		use import export exclude rename create
syn keyword	dylanMiscMods		open sealed domain singleton sideways inline functional

" Matching rules for special forms
syn match	dylanOperator		"\s[-!%&\*\+/=\?@\\^|~:]\+[-#!>%&:\*\+/=\?@\\^|~]*"
syn match	dylanOperator		"\(\<[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_']*\.\)\=:[-!#$%&\*\+./=\?@\\^|~:]*"
" Numbers
syn match	dylanNumber		"\<[0-9]\+\>\|\<0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]\+\>\|\<0[oO][0-7]\+\>"
syn match	dylanNumber		"\<[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\([eE][-+]\=[0-9]\+\)\=\>"
" Booleans
syn match	dylanBoolean		"#t\|#f"
" Comments
syn match	dylanComment		"//.*"
syn region	dylanComment		start="/\*" end="\*/"
" Strings
syn region	dylanString		start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"+ end=+"+ contains=dySpecial
syn match	dylanCharacter		"'[^\\]'"
" Constants, classes, and variables
syn match	dylanConstant		"$\<[a-zA-Z0-9\-]\+\>"
syn match	dylanClass		"<\<[a-zA-Z0-9\-]\+\>>"
syn match	dylanVariable		"\*\<[a-zA-Z0-9\-]\+\>\*"
" Preconditions
syn region	dylanPrecondit		start="^\s*#\s*\(if\>\|else\>\|endif\>\)" skip="\\$" end="$"

" These appear at the top of files (usually).  I like to highlight the whole line
" so that the definition stands out.  They should probably really be keywords, but they
" don't generally appear in the middle of a line of code.
syn region	dylanHeader	start="^[Mm]odule:" end="^$"

" Define the default highlighting.
" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
if version >= 508 || !exists("did_dylan_syntax_inits")
  if version < 508
    let did_dylan_syntax_inits = 1
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
  else
    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
  endif

  HiLink dylanBlock		PreProc
  HiLink dylanBoolean		Boolean
  HiLink dylanCharacter		Character
  HiLink dylanClass		Structure
  HiLink dylanClassMods		StorageClass
  HiLink dylanComment		Comment
  HiLink dylanConditional	Conditional
  HiLink dylanConstant		Constant
  HiLink dylanException		Exception
  HiLink dylanHeader		Macro
  HiLink dylanImport		Include
  HiLink dylanLabel		Label
  HiLink dylanMiscMods		StorageClass
  HiLink dylanNumber		Number
  HiLink dylanOther		Keyword
  HiLink dylanOperator		Operator
  HiLink dylanParamDefs		Keyword
  HiLink dylanPrecondit		PreCondit
  HiLink dylanRepeat		Repeat
  HiLink dylanSimpleDefs	Keyword
  HiLink dylanStatement		Macro
  HiLink dylanString		String
  HiLink dylanVariable		Identifier

  delcommand HiLink
endif

let b:current_syntax = "dylan"

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