GNU bug report logs - #24173
25.1.50; Surprising highlighting of "\[\]" in emacs-lisp-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 00:52:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel <at> live.com>, 24173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24173: 25.1.50; Surprising highlighting of "\[\]" in emacs-lisp-mode
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 18:19:36 -0700 (PDT)

> In Emacs Lisp mode, the last two backslashes in the string "\\[\\]" are
> highlighted with (font-lock-constant-face font-lock-string-face). Is this
> expected?

Whether intentional or a bug, it seems to have been introduced
in Emacs 25 builds.  I see it there, and I don't see it in
Emacs 24.5 or older releases.
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