GNU bug report logs - #73404
30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not behave as expected in tree-sitter modes

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Message #58 received at 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Mickey Petersen <mickey <at> masteringemacs.org>, 73404 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#73404: 30.0.50; [forward/kill/etc]-sexp commands do not
 behave as expected in tree-sitter modes
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:12:15 -0500

> Ah, this matches my idea of defining sexp in other languages as “repeatable
> construct/list-like construct”.  We went with “every syntactic construct” at
> the time, which I didn’t object to, but I’m definitely happier with the
> repeatable construct approach. Including Stefan and Theo since they were
> part of the original sexp navigation discussion.

FWIW, we have both `forward-list` and `forward-list` and the new
behavior you suggest sounds closer to the historical behavior of
`forward-list` than `forward-sexp`.


        Stefan

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