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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language: Thrift
+" Maintainer: Martin Smith <martin@facebook.com>
+" Last Change: $Date: $
+" Copy to ~/.vim/
+" Add to ~/.vimrc
+"  au BufRead,BufNewFile *.thrift set filetype=thrift
+"  au! Syntax thrift source ~/.vim/thrift.vim
+"
+" $Id: $
+"
+" Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+" or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+" distributed with this work for additional information
+" regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+" to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+" "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+" with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+"
+"   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+"
+" Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+" software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+" "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+" KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+" specific language governing permissions and limitations
+" under the License.
+"
+
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Todo
+syn keyword thriftTodo TODO todo FIXME fixme XXX xxx contained
+
+" Comments
+syn match thriftComment "#.*" contains=thriftTodo
+syn region thriftComment start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=thriftTodo
+syn match thriftComment "//.\{-}\(?>\|$\)\@="
+
+" String
+syn region thriftStringDouble matchgroup=None start=+"+  end=+"+
+
+" Number
+syn match thriftNumber "-\=\<\d\+\>" contained
+
+" Keywords
+syn keyword thriftKeyword namespace
+syn keyword thriftKeyword xsd_all xsd_optional xsd_nillable xsd_attrs
+syn keyword thriftKeyword include cpp_include cpp_type const optional required
+syn keyword thriftBasicTypes void bool byte i16 i32 i64 double string binary
+syn keyword thriftStructure map list set struct typedef exception enum throws
+
+" Special
+syn match thriftSpecial "\d\+:"
+
+" Structure
+syn keyword thriftStructure service oneway extends
+"async"         { return tok_async;         }
+"exception"     { return tok_xception;      }
+"extends"       { return tok_extends;       }
+"throws"        { return tok_throws;        }
+"service"       { return tok_service;       }
+"enum"          { return tok_enum;          }
+"const"         { return tok_const;         }
+
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_thrift_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_thrift_syn_inits = 1
+    command! -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command! -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink thriftComment Comment
+  HiLink thriftKeyword Special
+  HiLink thriftBasicTypes Type
+  HiLink thriftStructure StorageClass
+  HiLink thriftTodo Todo
+  HiLink thriftString String
+  HiLink thriftNumber Number
+  HiLink thriftSpecial Special
+  HiLink thriftStructure Structure
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "thrift"