GNU bug report logs - #18163
elisp: highlighting of unexpected indentation should use separate face from highlight of error functions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 04:25:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 25030

Found in versions 25.1, 24.4.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25030: 25.1;
 Unexpected indentation and syntax-highlighting in `emacs-lisp-mode'
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 <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com> 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.
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