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27.1 Feature request: Show parens when point is anywhere inside of them

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Message #17 received at 55202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: José Júnior <jjnilton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55202: 27.1 Feature request: Show parens when point is
 anywhere inside of them
Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 10:04:20 +0200

José Júnior <jjnilton <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I didn't know how to answer, so I looked how other editors do. I found two behaviors: 
>
> 1. Unless the point is right by the parens, it should highlight the curly braces. So in
> this case it would highlight the curly braces.
>
> With the point in these places would highlight the parens, otherwise would highlight
> the curly braces:
>
> {|(|foobar}|)| 
>
> 2. Ignore and don't highlight anything.

I guess 2) seems more consistent, but I don't have much of an opinion.
Choosing one or the other of the parentheses seems a bit arbitrary. 

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