diff --git a/src/userdiff.h b/src/userdiff.h
index 7eb095246..523f2f8d4 100644
--- a/src/userdiff.h
+++ b/src/userdiff.h
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ typedef struct {
 static git_diff_driver_definition builtin_defs[] = {
 
 IPATTERN("ada",
-	 "!^(.*[ \t])?(is new|renames|is separate)([ \t].*)?$\n"
+	 "!^(.*[ \t])?(is[ \t]+new|renames|is[ \t]+separate)([ \t].*)?$\n"
 	 "!^[ \t]*with[ \t].*$\n"
 	 "^[ \t]*((procedure|function)[ \t]+.*)$\n"
 	 "^[ \t]*((package|protected|task)[ \t]+.*)$",
 	 /* -- */
 	 "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
-	 "|[0-9][-+0-9#_.eE]"
+	 "|[-+]?[0-9][0-9#_.aAbBcCdDeEfF]*([eE][+-]?[0-9_]+)?"
 	 "|=>|\\.\\.|\\*\\*|:=|/=|>=|<=|<<|>>|<>"),
 
 IPATTERN("fortran",
@@ -159,15 +159,13 @@ PATTERNS("tex", "^(\\\\((sub)*section|chapter|part)\\*{0,1}\\{.*)$",
 
 PATTERNS("cpp",
 	 /* Jump targets or access declarations */
-	 "!^[ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*:.*$\n"
-	 /* C/++ functions/methods at top level */
-	 "^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*([ \t*]+[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*([ \t]*::[ \t]*[^[:space:]]+)?){1,}[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$\n"
-	 /* compound type at top level */
-	 "^((struct|class|enum)[^;]*)$",
+	 "!^[ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*:[[:space:]]*($|/[/*])\n"
+	 /* functions/methods, variables, and compounds at top level */
+	 "^((::[[:space:]]*)?[A-Za-z_].*)$",
 	 /* -- */
 	 "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
-	 "|[-+0-9.e]+[fFlL]?|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+[lL]?"
-	 "|[-+*/<>%&^|=!]=|--|\\+\\+|<<=?|>>=?|&&|\\|\\||::|->"),
+	 "|[-+0-9.e]+[fFlL]?|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+[lLuU]*"
+	 "|[-+*/<>%&^|=!]=|--|\\+\\+|<<=?|>>=?|&&|\\|\\||::|->\\*?|\\.\\*"),
 
 PATTERNS("csharp",
 	 /* Keywords */