Re: Bug #25608 and the comment-cache branch

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@online.de>]

On 03.02.2017 17:19, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> 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

Hi Alan,

IIUC open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start is is the underlying issue.
It was told there was an essay to solve this.
May someone point me at it?

Cheers,
Andreas