Subject: Re: bug#35925: perl-mode wrecks formats

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:17:01 -0700

Version: 30.1

Mauro Aranda <[email-masked]> writes:

> 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> In perl-mode,
>>
>> format FH =
>> @<< @# @<< @### @<<<<< @# @<<<< @#
>> (split)[0..5, 7..8]
>> .
>> write FH;
>>
>> becomes
>>
>> format FH =
>>     @<< @# @<< @### @<<<<< @# @<<<< @#
>>     (split)[0..5, 7..8]
>>     .
>>     write FH;
>>
>> wrecking output indentation and even introducing a syntax error on the "."
>  line.
>>
>> (See man perlform.)
>>
>> Seen with C-x h TAB, emacs-version "26.1".
>
> AFAICS, perl-mode doesn't recognize a format declaration when indenting.
> I attach a patch that adds a check, plus some tests.

Thanks, installed on master.

[1: 7caa3f5499b]: 2023-10-01 04:13:17 +0200
  Fix indentation in perl-mode (Bug#35925)
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=7caa3f5499b1ca4b6d66c1655a4e0d6903755679