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+syntax "pony" "\.pony$"
+
+color statement "\b(type|interface|trait|primitive|class|struct|actor)\b"
+color statement "\b(compiler_intrinsic)\b"
+color statement "\b(use)\b"
+color statement "\b(var|let|embed)\b"
+color statement "\b(new|be|fun)\b"
+color statement "\b(iso|trn|ref|val|box|tag|consume)\b"
+color statement "\b(break|continue|return|error)\b"
+color statement "\b(if|then|elseif|else|end|match|where|try|with|as|recover|object|lambda|as|digestof|ifdef)\b"
+color statement "\b(while|do|repeat|until|for|in)\b"
+
+color statement "(\?|=>)"
+color statement "(\\||\\&|\\,|\\^)"
+
+color statement "(\-|\+|\\*|/|\!|%|<<|>>)"
+color statement "(==|!=|<=|>=|<|>)"
+color statement "\b(is|isnt|not|and|or|xor)\b"
+
+color type "\b(_*[A-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9\\']*)\b"
+
+color constant "\b(this)\b"
+color constant "\b(true|false)\b"
+
+color constant.number "\b((0b[0-1_]*)|(0o[0-7_]*)|(0x[0-9a-fA-F_]*)|([0-9_]+(\\.[0-9_]+)?((e|E)(\\+|-)?[0-9_]+)?))\b"
+color constant.string ""(\\.|[^"])*"|'(\\.|[^'])*'"
+
+color comment start=""""([^"]|$)" end="""""
+color comment "(^|[[:space:]])//.*"
+color comment start="/\*" end="\*/"
+color todo "TODO:?"