gistfile1.txt

--- /usr/share/vim/vim74/syntax/pod.vim 2014-06-10 01:56:13.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/local/vim8/share/vim/vim80/syntax/pod.vim      2016-09-13 15:13:49.192180372 -0500
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@
 
 " Remove any old syntax stuff hanging around (this is suppressed
 " automatically by ":syn include" if necessary).
-" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
-" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
-if version < 600
-  syntax clear
-elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+" quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
 endif
 
@@ -67,28 +64,18 @@
 syn match  podEscape2  "\d\+>"me=e-1 contained contains=@NoSpell
 
 " Define the default highlighting.
-" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
-" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
-if version >= 508 || !exists("did_pod_syntax_inits")
-  if version < 508
-    let did_pod_syntax_inits = 1
-    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
-  else
-    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
-  endif
-
-  HiLink podCommand            Statement
-  HiLink podCmdText            String
-  HiLink podOverIndent         Number
-  HiLink podForKeywd           Identifier
-  HiLink podFormat             Identifier
-  HiLink podVerbatimLine       PreProc
-  HiLink podSpecial            Identifier
-  HiLink podEscape             String
-  HiLink podEscape2            Number
+" Only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
+
+hi def link podCommand         Statement
+hi def link podCmdText         String
+hi def link podOverIndent              Number
+hi def link podForKeywd                Identifier
+hi def link podFormat          Identifier
+hi def link podVerbatimLine    PreProc
+hi def link podSpecial         Identifier
+hi def link podEscape          String
+hi def link podEscape2         Number
 
-  delcommand HiLink
-endif
 
 if exists("perl_pod_spellcheck_headings")
   " Spell-check headings