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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 14303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#14303: 24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 11:58:55 -0400

> May you point me at a use-case, where comment-start-skip as regexp is needed?
> I.e. a case where comment-start as string wouldn't do it.

E.g. in C++, comment-start is typically "//" which won't find the
beginning of a /*...*/ comment.


        Stefan
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