" 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
" quit when a syntax file was already loaded
if exists("b:current_syntax")
  finish
endif

syn case ignore

setlocal lisp

" 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.
" Only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet

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


let b:current_syntax = "dylan"

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