Subject: Re: bug#20911: 24.5.3; Syntax should not require font-lock

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:31:02 +0300

Tags: notabug

Hi!

On 06/27/2015 06:19 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:

> Both macros in question -- for example gen-test-with-python-buffer--
> have this:
>
>     `(when gen-verbose-p
>   (switch-to-buffer (current-buffer))
>   (font-lock-fontify-buffer))`

Don't do that, then.

> AFAICS the error is caused, because TQS-syntax in python.el is set by
> syntax-propertize-function

Call (syntax-propertize (point-max)) instead.

> Documentation:
> Mode-specific function to apply syntax-table' text properties. It is the
> work horse of `syntax-propertize', which is called by things like
> Font-Lock and indentation.
>
>
> Setting up syntax seems to require font-lock - which doesn't feel right.

That only says that font-lock requires it, not vice versa. The docstring 
even mentions `syntax-propertize'.