Thanks, for anyone curious here's what emacs does with the first example: http://imgur.com/Rddi9QH http://imgur.com/Rddi9QH compare with color_coded: https://

Thanks, for anyone curious here's what emacs does with the first example: http://imgur.com/Rddi9QH http://imgur.com/Rddi9QH compare with color_coded: https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5cf719c6357f27b86c45bf9b5461686c70e322ef/687474703a2f2f6a656179652e636f6d2f63632f7472696d6d65645f63635f745f7965735f332e706e67 https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5cf719c6357f27b86c45bf9b5... So it looks like color_coded can highlight at least a few things that default emacs doesn't: function calls, variables (when they are used, both can highlight declarations) and non-standard type template parameters.