Subject: bug#15429: 23.4; doc string of `syntax-ppss'

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:20:33 -0800

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> "... except that the 2nd and 6th values of the returned state cannot be
> relied upon."
>
> Be clearer.  Say exactly which values you mean - describe them.
>
> This is all the more important because the doc for `parse-partial-sexp'
> lists the values of the return state starting with 0, not 1.  So what is
> the "second" value of the return state?

The doc (now) says:

The returned value is the same as that of `parse-partial-sexp'
run from `point-min' to POS except that values at positions 2 and 6
in the returned list (counting from 0) cannot be relied upon.

So I think that's OK now.

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