0. emacs -Q
1. C-x b test RET
2. Insert the following into buffer "test":

def test(n):
    if n < 0:
        return -1
    # test
    else:
        return 0

2. M-x python-mode RET (with buffer "test" current)
3. Put point on the line containing "else:" and type TAB
=> "else:" is dedented to column 0 and remains there on typing TAB
again (and again).

If the line containing "# test" is deleted and point put back on the
line containing "else:", then typing TAB indents "else:" to column 4
(where it was before being wrongly dedented) and remains there on typing
TAB again (as it should).

The same behavior happens with "elif" lines preceded by a comment line.

The attached patch prevents the wrong dedenting, but I'm not familiar
enough with the python.el code to be confident it's the correct fix.


In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.33, cairo version 1.17.6)
 of 2022-07-22 built on strobelfs2
Repository revision: 8434396fa362c6644ff23e1f48acace7b85ffe8f
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