Paul Eggert [2025-02-17 17:32 -0800] wrote:
> On 2025-02-17 13:05, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
>> The attached patch extends autoconf-mode
> Thanks, I installed it.

Thanks.

>> Also, a question: should defun-prompt-regexp really allow for leading
>> indentation?  In Autoconf scripts of the form:
>> if ...
>>    ...
>>    AC_MSG_...
>>    ...
>>    AC_MSG_...
>>    ...
>> fi
>> it means that beginning-of-defun stops at every indented AC_ or AM_
>> macro call (and with the attached patch, at any macro call with a known
>> namespace).
>
> Conversely, there may be conditional definitions of functions, e.g., Gnulib does
> this:
>
>   AC_DEFUN([gl_ASSERT_NO_GNULIB_TESTS],
>   [
>     dnl Override gl_MODULE_INDICATOR_FOR_TESTS.
>     AC_DEFUN([gl_MODULE_INDICATOR_FOR_TESTS], [])
>   ])

Right, but there seems to be some tension here between 'defun' as a
toplevel definition/form vs any (nested) definition.

> Could we change the search for defuns to be more selective? It's not reasonable
> to think that every AC_.... call is a defun.

Like so?