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26.3; Tcl font lock does not understand quoting

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: mvar <mvar.40k <at> gmail.com>, 39277 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Hadrien Lacour <hadrien.lacour <at> posteo.net>
Subject: bug#39277: 26.3; Tcl font lock does not understand quoting
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:45:48 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> And what about
>
>     proc foo3 () {
>        puts "hello}"
>     }
>
>     proc foo4 () {
>        puts "hello\}"
>     }
>
>     proc foo5 () {
>        puts "hello
>     }

It's fortunately been a couple of decades since I wrote Tcl, and...  I
don't remember.  :-/

> Won't this catch cases not usually considered as strings, like
>
>     proc foo5 () {
>         return 6
>     }

Yup.  I'll revert the patch and reopen this bug report.

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