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

From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 14303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14303: 24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 06:51:31 +0800

On 2013-05-17 21:26 +0800, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> BTW, a useful idiom for such loops is the "empty body" while loop.
>
>       (while (and (re-search-backward comment-start-skip limit t)
>                   (progn
>                     (setq end (match-end 0))
>                     (and comment-use-syntax (nth 8 (syntax-ppss))))))

Yes, I use this occasionally too. Since we need to know if a comment
start is found I don't use it here.

Leo
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