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26.2; SMIE does not request forward tokens when point is at point-max

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Message #35 received at 36432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sam Halliday <sam.halliday <at> gmail.com>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> 
Cc: 36432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36432: 26.2; SMIE does not request forward tokens when point
 is at point-max
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:43:25 +0300

> From: Sam Halliday <sam.halliday <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 14:13:16 +0100
> Cc: 36432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 29/06/2019, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > It should be easier to modify SMIE to take characters from a string,
> > then you could put whatever you want into that string.  Or maybe SMIE
> > already supports reading from strings, I don't know.
> 
> I agree. SMIE should be operating on a list of tokens and a lookup
> from those tokens to the original buffer (and content). In most cases
> SMIE is written this way but I suspect there are a few lapses.

In any case, I'm CC'ing Stefan who knows much more about SMIE than I
do.  Apologies in advance if Stefan says my fears have no basis.

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