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#20897
25.0.50; [python] sexp-movement are confusing
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Reported by: Rasmus <rasmus <at> gmx.us>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:55:02 UTC
Severity: minor
Found in version 25.0.50
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #29 received at 20897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Am 26.06.2015 um 04:03 schrieb Daniel Colascione:
> On 06/25/2015 09:48 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> If inside an expression C-M-f should to to its end.
>> No, as explained elsewhere, C-M-f's binding is a binding that goes to
>> the end of the expression that immediately *follows* point. If we're
>> *inside* a sexp, the way to jump to its end is up-list.
>>
>> I understand you want/like to jump to the end of the enclosing
>> expression, and that's fine, but this is not what C-M-f should do
>> by default.
> "Right" or "wrong" aside, Python's current default behavior is just
> inconsistent with other modes for infix-expression languages. I tried
> for a long time to use the default behavior --- maybe there was some
> efficiency advantage that would take time to appear --- but I ended up
> just giving up and making python-mode work like other modes.
>
Just to give an example syntax-oriented doesn't mean being enslaved by
syntax: operators in Python are expressions, but sexp should jump over,
as symbol-at-point is available. In case some more specific is needed,
py-partial-expression is delivered.
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