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24.4; perl-mode electric-indent inside here documents

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ed Avis <eda <at> waniasset.com>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, "18944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <18944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#18944: 24.4; perl-mode electric-indent inside here documents
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:08:29 +0100

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Ed Avis <eda <at> waniasset.com> writes:

> With 26.1 the way to reproduce is a bit different.  Make a new buffer,
> M-x perl-mode, and enter
>
> my $x = <<END
> END
>
> hitting Return at the end of each line.  But when you hit Return on
> the second line, the END becomes indented by four spaces.  That's not
> right since a here-document terminator should be at the left margin.

This is apparently fixed in Emacs 29, but another related bug has
appeared:

my $x = <<END
END

If you hit RET after the second line, Emacs will then indent the next
line:

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I.e., indented by four chars.

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