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24.3; Maybe wrong regexp in python.el (24.3)

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From: fgallina <at> gnu.org (Fabián Ezequiel Gallina)
To: 16297-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16297: 24.3; Maybe wrong regexp in python.el (24.3)
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:27:22 -0300

François Pinard <fpinard <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In some code of mine, I was checking if the cursor was at the
> beginning class using python-nav-beginning-of-defun-regexp using
> looking-at, and the looking-at was returning nil, while I expected a
> match.

Please, use `python-info-looking-at-beginning-of-defun' for such
thing. The regexp is constructed in a way that point must be at
beginning-of-line to match, and that function takes into account not
only that, but other possible situations (like point being inside of
string or comment).


--
Regards,
Fabián.

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