GNU bug report logs - #41522
26.3; Narrowing can prevent syntax propertization

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>

Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 08:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 41522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>, 41522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41522: 26.3; Narrowing can prevent syntax propertization
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 18:04:01 +0300
Hi!

On 25.05.2020 11:42, Ikumi Keita wrote:
> In a similar way, if a lisp function goes to the point where syntax
> propertization has not yet took place, makes narrowing and calls some
> syntax-aware function which sets `syntax-propertize--done' to a value
> inside the narrowing, a large portion of the buffer can be left without
> suitable `syntax-table' property. This can lead to incorrect result
> for not only font-lock but also syntax-aware functions such as
> `forward-comment'.

Our current stance on the matter is that, in the simple case, code 
should call syntax-ppss from "widened" state. And the code which doesn't 
should be fixed. Or if it really need to do that (for some reason), it 
should take care to handle any undesired sife-effects itself.

See the definition of syntax-ppss-wide, which contains caches for both 
narrowed and "wide" syntax states.




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