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-rw-r--r--lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
index a516f07e72f..b75f32ee200 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
@@ -255,9 +255,11 @@
;; format statements
("^[ \t]*format.*=[ \t]*\\(\n\\)"
(1 (prog1 "\"" (perl-syntax-propertize-special-constructs end))))
- ;; Funny things in `sub' arg-specs like `sub myfun ($)' or `sub ($)'.
- ;; Be careful not to match "sub { (...) ... }".
- ("\\<sub\\(?:[\s\t\n]+\\(?:\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)?[\s\t\n]*(\\([^)]+\\))"
+ ;; Propertize perl prototype chars `$%&*;+@\[]' as punctuation
+ ;; in `sub' arg-specs like `sub myfun ($)' and `sub ($)'. But
+ ;; don't match subroutine signatures like `sub add ($a, $b)', or
+ ;; anonymous subs like "sub { (...) ... }".
+ ("\\<sub\\(?:[\s\t\n]+\\(?:\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)?[\s\t\n]*(\\([][$%&*;+@\\]+\\))"
(1 "."))
;; Turn __DATA__ trailer into a comment.
("^\\(_\\)_\\(?:DATA\\|END\\)__[ \t]*\\(?:\\(\n\\)#.-\\*-.*perl.*-\\*-\\|\n.*\\)"