Subject: Re: bug#25030: 25.1; Unexpected indentation and syntax-highlighting in `emacs-lisp-mode'

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:38:39 -0400

retitle 25030 elisp: highlighting of unexpected indentation should use separate face from highlight of error functions
severity 25030 wishlist
tags 25030 =
reopen 25030
quit

Andy Moreton <[email-masked]> writes:

> The point is that the unusual code layout does not cause any problems for
> elisp code, and it does not matter if the code is interpreted or
> byte-compiled: the result is the same, namely that indentation style has
> no effect on the meaning of the code.

This seems like an argument against the byte compiler emitting style
warnings, but since this bug is not about byte compiler warnings, I
don't understand why you are bringing it up.