Re: Bug #25608 and the comment-cache branch

[Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>]

Hello, Stefan.

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 18:57:52 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > ....), the last line spuriously indents c-basic-offset columns
> > rightwards.  The cause of this is the open paren at column zero inside
> > the comment.

> I think it's important to remember that this problem dates back to
> Emacs-17 or so, so it's not super urgent to install a quick fix.

There's no need to be so disparaging.  comment-cache is NOT in any sense
a "quick fix".  It's precisely the opposite.  It's a rigorous rewrite of
back_comment which eliminates "quick fixes", for example
open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start.  I think you know this.

And given how long this problem's been around for, it's high time it was
finally fixed.  It's an embarrassment, and it causes pain, repeatedly
and predictably.

Instead, why don't you criticise comment-cache in a constructive
fashion?  Such as by pointing out potential problems it might cause.

>         Stefan

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).