GNU bug report logs - #45114
perl-mode warns about mismatched parentheses wrongly

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 45114 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45114: perl-mode warns about mismatched parentheses wrongly
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:23:25 +0200

On December 8, 2020 7:45:03 AM GMT+02:00, "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> wrote:
> $ emacs file.pl # and start typing
> if(/^[^}]/) ...
> 
> During the process you will get spurious warnings about mismatched
> parentheses etc.
> 
> emacs-version "27.1"

This is a well documented feature.  If you don't like it, turn off blink-matching-paren.

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