GNU bug report logs - #15848
24.3.50; cperl-mode + which-function: Improve reporting (corner case)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 06:59:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15848: 24.3.50; cperl-mode + which-function: Improve reporting (corner case)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:18:55 -0500

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> I've already said that cperl-mode considers a "function" to begin at
>> the position immediately _following_ the subroutine's name.
>
> I am not retracting my position.  The behaviour - with and without your
> patch - is incorrect.

If that were true, I might fix it; but as it is, the determination of
where the text of one definition ends and another begins seems to admit
of some legitimate flexibility.
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