GNU bug report logs - #61098
29.0.60; Confusing behavior of show-paren-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rah Guzar <rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu>

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.60

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

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Rah Guzar <rahguzar <at> zohomail.eu>, 61098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61098: 29.0.60; Confusing behavior of show-paren-mode
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:42:09 -0500

> I'm still waiting for Stefan to help me understand why after that
> patch "M-x show-paren-local-mode" _disables_ the mode rather than
> enabling it.  Stefan, any wisdom?

Not sure.  I don't quite understand how your patch intends to work.
From where I sit I get the impression that it will result in an
inconsistent state in various "corner" cases.

Dmitry's patch seems closer to my intuition (I might even suggest
removing the `kill-local-variable` altogether).


        Stefan
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