Subject: bug#17132: 24.3.50; modified syntax table leads to error: "Point before start of properties"

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:36:35 -0400

> I get an error: "Point before start of properties" after I run
> M-: (backward-prefix-chars).
> I don't understand what causes this.

A bug in Emacs's C code.
Thanks for the recipe, I hope we'll find the culprit soon,

        Stefan