Subject: Re: bug#13973: Subject: 24.3; thingatpt.el, end-of-sexp

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:05:32 +0200

Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> Maybe put the Python code below at the top of some buffer and run the
>>> test delivered below:
>>>
>>> # Python
>>>
>>> def main():
>>>      """Some hint"""
>>>      if len(sys.argv) == 1:
>>>          usage()
>>>
>>> ;; Elisp
>>> (defun forward-sexp-text ()
>>>    (interactive)
>>>    (goto-char 30 )
>>>    (forward-sexp))
>> By that goto-char, do you mean the "S" character?
>
> No, sorry, the 5th double-quote of the triple-quoted-string.

That gives me

forward-sexp: Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 40, 86

which I think is the right thing?

This bug report started with thingatpt.  What is the real thingatpt use
case that doesn't work in triple-quoted strings?

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