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[PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively

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Message #11 received at 43489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Mattias Engdegård
 <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 43489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp
 interactively
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:18:57 +0300

On 18.09.2020 16:13, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>> When moving by sexp (C-M-f, C-M-u and so on) and point is already at a
>> boundary preventing further movement, Emacs currently signals an
>> internal error such as
>>
>>   Scan error: "Containing expression ends prematurely", 5010, 5010
>>
>> or
>>
>>   Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 5010, 1
>>
>> which is unhelpful and rather looks as if something went wrong in the
>> internal machinery.
> Yes, those error messages are confusing in interactive usage.

They might be kinda helpful for interactive debugging, though?

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