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24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an error

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From: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an error
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 13:04:54 -0700

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* C-x C-f NAME-OF-THE-FILE RET
* M-x sql-mode RET
* M-<
* M-: (comment-search-forward (point-max) t) RET

You'll see this error:

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
      looking-at(nil)
      comment-search-forward(4 t)
      eval((comment-search-forward (point-max) t) nil)
      eval-expression((comment-search-forward (point-max) t) nil)
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Message #8 received at 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3;
	comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an error
Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 17:30:09 -0400

> * M-x sql-mode RET
> * M-<
> * M-: (comment-search-forward (point-max) t) RET

You failed to call comment-normalize-vars before calling
comment-search-forward.


        Stefan

Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an
	error
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 07:44:36 +0200

Am 09.05.2013 23:30, schrieb Stefan Monnier:
>> * M-x sql-mode RET
>> * M-<
>> * M-: (comment-search-forward (point-max) t) RET
>
> You failed to call comment-normalize-vars before calling
> comment-search-forward.
>
>
>          Stefan
>
>
>
>

Shouldn't comment-search-forward do this by themselves?
Can't see it's docu mentioning such a need.

Cheers,

Andreas

Message #14 received at 14376 <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: 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3;
	comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an error
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:13 -0400

>>> * M-x sql-mode RET
>>> * M-<
>>> * M-: (comment-search-forward (point-max) t) RET
>> You failed to call comment-normalize-vars before calling
>> comment-search-forward.
> Shouldn't comment-search-forward do this by themselves?

No.

> Can't see it's docu mentioning such a need.

;; Prior to calling any `comment-*' function, you should ensure that
;; `comment-normalize-vars' is first called to set up the appropriate
;; variables; except for the `comment-*' commands, which call
;; `comment-normalize-vars' automatically as a subroutine.


        Stefan

Message #17 received at 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>,
	"'Andreas Röhler'" <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#14376: 24.3;
	comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an error
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:55:22 -0700

> > Can't see it's docu mentioning such a need.
              ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> ;; Prior to calling any `comment-*' function, you should ensure that
> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' is first called to set up the appropriate
> ;; variables; except for the `comment-*' commands, which call
> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' automatically as a subroutine.

FWIW, a comment in the source code is hardly documentation for the functions
concerned.  Doc strings...

See also bug #12583...  This will probably keep coming up until there is some
mention of it in the actual doc.

Message #20 received at 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 14376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an
	error
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 10:56:11 +0200

Am 10.05.2013 22:00, schrieb Stefan Monnier:
[ ... ]
> ;; Prior to calling any `comment-*' function, you should ensure that
> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' is first called to set up the appropriate
> ;; variables; except for the `comment-*' commands, which call
> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' automatically as a subroutine.
>

That's nice for people having no other business than playing with Emacs.
It's not the computations state of art.

While accepting some people are addicted to that way of living ;)

Andreas

Message #23 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an
	error
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 07:52:40 -0600

On 5/11/13 2:56 AM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
> Am 10.05.2013 22:00, schrieb Stefan Monnier:
> [ ... ]
>> ;; Prior to calling any `comment-*' function, you should ensure that
>> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' is first called to set up the appropriate
>> ;; variables; except for the `comment-*' commands, which call
>> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' automatically as a subroutine.
>>
>
> That's nice for people having no other business than playing with Emacs.
> It's not the computations state of art.
>
> While accepting some people are addicted to that way of living ;)

Such as OP, who does M-: (comment-search-forward (point-max) t) RET

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Message #26 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an
	error
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 21:22:42 +0200

Am 14.05.2013 15:52, schrieb Kevin Rodgers:
> On 5/11/13 2:56 AM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>> Am 10.05.2013 22:00, schrieb Stefan Monnier:
>> [ ... ]
>>> ;; Prior to calling any `comment-*' function, you should ensure that
>>> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' is first called to set up the appropriate
>>> ;; variables; except for the `comment-*' commands, which call
>>> ;; `comment-normalize-vars' automatically as a subroutine.
>>>
>>
>> That's nice for people having no other business than playing with Emacs.
>> It's not the computations state of art.
>>
>> While accepting some people are addicted to that way of living ;)
>
> Such as OP, who does M-: (comment-search-forward (point-max) t) RET
>

hmm?

BTW get this error with sql-mode only, but not with emacs-lisp or even text-mode

Message #33 received at 14376-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 14376-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14376: 24.3;
 comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an error
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:58:54 -0400

Version: 24.4

Mentioned comment-normalize-vars in the comment-search-forward doc.

Message #41 received at 14376-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 14376-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#14376: 24.3; comment-search-forward in SQL-mode raises an
 error
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:32:53 -0700 (PDT)

> Mentioned comment-normalize-vars in the comment-search-forward doc.

Ah, OK.  I didn't see this message.  That should help.  Thx.

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