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[PATCH]: Fix (forward-comment 1) when end delimiter is escaped.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 43558 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Subject: bug#43558: [PATCH]: Fix (forward-comment 1) when end delimiter is escaped.
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 10:20:32 -0500

> Because syntax-table text properties are already used for so many
> different things in CC Mode (I think the count is five in C++ Mode).
> Adding another one would mean having to scan for this rare construct at
> every buffer change, and this would slow things down, possibly a lot.

The fact that you already have 5 other such uses implies that the slow
down from this one cannot possibly be larger than 20% (since the scan
for it is very simple, I doubt any of the other 5 is simpler).

Most major modes have such things and we live just fine with them.
This is a non-issue.


        Stefan

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