GNU bug report logs - #14303
24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #38 received at 14303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 14303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14303: 24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:17 +0800

On 2013-05-17 19:14 +0800, Andreas Röhler wrote:
> The succession of things doesn't look right yet.
>
> if (eq comment-use-syntax nil)
>
> re-search-backward based solution
>
> which is very seldom. Grep shows 4 cases.
>
> Otherwise syntax-ppss - , prog1 and nth 4 goto char nth 8 - or so.
> Make sure wrong regexp isn't called then/no wrong matches.
>
> Andreas

There is possible optimisation when 'end' is in a string. Other than
that do you have a case where my solution will fail?

Leo
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