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25.1; electric-pair-syntax-info unaware of syntax-table property

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26327 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26327: 25.1; electric-pair-syntax-info unaware of syntax-table property
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:30:49 +0100

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

>> I can't remember what I had in mind at that time.
>>
>> But I imagine if ` and ' have word syntax but `` and '' are
>> syntax-propertized to behave like matching parentheses, then function
>> syntax-table is not the correct way to access syntax info.
>>
>> The issue is not specific to elec-pair. Any program that needs to get
>> the syntax of the char at point needs to check the syntax-table property
>> first and then check (syntax-table).
>
> It's a bit abstract -- unless we have a concrete case to look at, it's
> unlikely that there'll be any progress on this issue.

So I'm closing this bug report.  If further progress can be made, please
respond to the debbugs address and we'll reopen.

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