[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Perl syntax highlight does not understand $package::var syntax (#1679)

[elextr]

Confirmed, note that the `$M` is highlighted because it is _syntax_ not because the name is known, you can remove the `use M` and it still highlights.

I don't know Perl much, and its possible that `$M::anything` is the appropriate syntax to highlight, but it won't depend on the package contents.  The syntax highlighting is supplied by the Scintilla lexer Geany uses, which is a separate project [here](www.scintilla.org).  You may wish to post a feature request there since you can then discuss it with the Perl lexer maintainer directly.

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