GNU bug report logs - #17509
23.4; bug with regexp in java-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Francesco Potortì <Potorti <at> isti.cnr.it>

Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:37:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 23.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 17509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17509 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17509: 23.4; bug with regexp in java-mode
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 18:22:16 +0200

>Francesco Potortì wrote:
>
>> 	    (setq defun-prompt-regexp "\\(class\\|/\\*\\*\\)[^{]*")
>
>Why is this an Emacs bug, and not user error?

Because I suppose that Emacs should never hang...

>That regexp matches the entire example file that you sent.
>Maybe you at least want "[^{\n]*" at the end.

To be true, I do not even know where that regexp comes from, what is its
purpose and why I did have it in my .emacs :(

Thanks for the tip.
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