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+/**
+* Ceylon patterns
+*
+* @author Leo Accend, Gavin King
+* @version 1.0.0
+*/
+Rainbow.extend( "ceylon", [
+  {
+    matches: {
+      1: "keyword",
+      3: "support.namespace"
+    },
+    pattern: /(import|module|package)(\s)*((\w|\.)+)/g
+  },
+  {
+    name: "keyword",
+    pattern: /\b(assembly|module|package|import|alias|class|interface|object|given|value|assign|void|function|new|of|extends|satisfies|abstracts|in|out|return|break|continue|throw|assert|dynamic|if|else|switch|case|for|while|try|catch|finally|then|let|this|outer|super|is|exists|nonempty|while)\b/g
+  },
+  {
+    name: "string",
+    pattern: /"""([^"]|"[^"]|""[^"])*"""|(``|")([^"\\`]|\\.|`[^`"])*(`"|``|")/gm
+  },
+  {
+    name: "char",
+    pattern: /'([^'\\\n]|\\.)*'/gm
+  },
+  {
+    name: "constant.numeric",
+    pattern: /\b(\d|_)+(\.(\d|_)+)?((E|e)(\+|\-)?\d+)?[munpfkMGTP]?\b|(#|\$)[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\b/g
+  },
+  {
+    name: "comment",
+    pattern: /\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|(\/\/).*?$/gm
+  },
+  {
+    name: "entity.function",
+    pattern: /\b(shared|abstract|formal|default|actual|variable|deprecated|small|late|literal|doc|by|see|throws|optional|license|tagged|final|native|annotation|sealed)\b/g
+  },
+  {
+    name: "entity.class",
+    pattern: /\b([A-Z]\w*)\b/g
+  },
+  {
+    matches: {
+      1: "variable.instance"
+    },
+    pattern: /\b\.((?!(gt|lt|amp);)[a-z_]\w*)\b/g
+  },
+  {
+    name: "variable.global",
+    pattern: /\b((?!(gt|lt|amp);)[a-z_]\w*)\b/g
+  }
+], true );