GNU bug report logs - #77823
31.0.50; M-j regression since commit 4c6b1712a4d

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Reported by: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Elijah Gabe Pérez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 77823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Subject: bug#77823: 31.0.50; M-j regression since commit 4c6b1712a4d
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:28:15 -0600

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Stefan Monnier writes:

> In any case, the above is equivalent to just removing the `(and empty
> block-comment-start/end)` because `comment-start/end` should never be
> nil anyway, so it's probably worthwhile thinking about what we want to
> do with `block-comment-start/end` here.
> Maybe "nothing" is the right answer, of course.


block-comment-start/end have been unused for almost 20 years,
comment-start/end had already replaced them ofc.  So, I think block-comment
variables should no longer be used to indent comments (as it seems that it
was planned), instead use them for other purposes, give them a "new life".

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