GNU bug report logs - #11996
Perl mode indentation does not know about the \() construct

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:49:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Perl mode indentation does not know about the \() construct
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:08:49 +0800

Perl mode indentation does not know about the \() construct.
[Perl mode defined in `perl-mode.el']
It even reports
forward-sexp: Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 158, 1

{
    my @zzzz=(\%seen_couchrequsts, \%seen_people );
    my @zzzz=\(%seen_couchrequsts, %seen_people );
my @zzzz=(\%seen_couchrequsts, \%seen_people );
}
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From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
To: 11996 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#11996: Perl mode indentation does not know about the \()
 construct
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:20:42 -0300

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
tags 11996 patch
quit

jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:


> Perl mode indentation does not know about the \() construct.
> [Perl mode defined in `perl-mode.el']
> It even reports
> forward-sexp: Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 158, 1
>
> {
>     my @zzzz=(\%seen_couchrequsts, \%seen_people );
>     my @zzzz=\(%seen_couchrequsts, %seen_people );
> my @zzzz=(\%seen_couchrequsts, \%seen_people );
> }

I can reproduce this on current master.  It seems to me that this can be
fixed by modifying the syntax of the backslash character when it is used
as the "backslash operator" and not as an escape character.

[0001-Recognize-the-backslash-operator-in-perl-mode.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11996 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#11996: Perl mode indentation does not know about the \()
 construct
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:08:43 +0200

Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I can reproduce this on current master.  It seems to me that this can be
> fixed by modifying the syntax of the backslash character when it is used
> as the "backslash operator" and not as an escape character.

Thanks; pushed to Emacs 29.
bug marked as fixed in version 29.1, send any further explanations to 11996 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and jidanni <at> jidanni.org Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:10:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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