Better evil word behavior

evil-init.el

(defun forward-evil-word (&optional count)
  ""
  (let ((init-point (point)))
    (forward-symbol (or count 1))

    (if (= (point) init-point)
        count 0)))

(setq evil-symbol-word-search t)

evil-symbol-word-search works for #/* searching, thanks!

Do you find that forward-symbol actually does what you want for word movement? I find it jumping over places I expect w to stop, for example:

FOO_BAR = 1

With point on F, pressing w jumps to 1 rather than stopping on =.