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24.3; cc-mode indentation is broken

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Message #14 received at 18072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 18072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juhani Åhman <juhanipm <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#18072: 24.3; cc-mode indentation is broken
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:13:00 +0100

Hi Alan,

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> Is this C++ Mode, by any chance?

I'm not sure which one to use to reproduce it.  I'm hoping Juhani will
be able to tell us.

> This looks like having the same cause as bug #37910 "CC Mode 5.33.2
> (C++//l); CC-mode inconsistently indents everything as topmost-intro
> after a while".
>
> I'm pretty sure it's a defect in a particular CC Mode cache (the "state
> cache"), which tracks parentheses, braces, and brackets containing and
> near point.  Somehow, it's missing the critical {, believing that
> foo();, etc., are at top level.  A C-c C-s on that line would likely
> show "topmost-intro".

Do you think that these two bugs should be merged?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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