>
> > I think for now I will use the same workaround.
>
> I'd urge you to try and find a way to make it work without such
> a workaround.
>

I definitely will. I am just using the work around for testing.

>> Yes.  I suggest you submit a bug report for this bug.
> > I will put some time into this and see if I can come up with a patch
> > before flagging it as a bug.
>
> Once you get it to work without the above workaround, you'll be able to
> write a much better bug report.
>

Yes, and hopefully I can come up with a patch to improve the behavior as
well.


> >> To work properly, beginning/end-of-defun need to know whether the
> >> starting point is inside a defun or between defuns.
>
> Calling beginning-of-defun-function followed by end-of-defun-function
> (and comparing the resulting position to the start position) should be
> sufficient to let you know whether or not you're inside the function
> whose definition starts most closely before point.
>

Hmm. In sh-mode `beginning-of-defun-function' is nil and in the example
below, calling `end-of-defun-function' with M-: (funcall
end-of-defun-function) brings point to fi and not the end of the function.

function foo  {
  if [[ $1 > 0 ]]; then
    return 24
  else
    return 42
  echo "Hello from foo"
}

In the example above, C-M-a and C-M-e do the right thing. However, in the
presence of nested functions, C-M-a and C-M-e only navigate over top-level
functions.  For example:

function foo  {
  function bar {
    echo "Hello from bar"
  }
  if [[ $1 > 0 ]]; then
    return 24
  else
    return 42
  echo "Hello from foo"
}

C-M-a/e brings point to beginning/end of foo even when point was inside bar
and M-: (funcall end-of-defun-function) brings point to after o in echo.

If I define beginning/end-of-defun-function with the functions I wrote, the
behavior I intended happens (bringing point to bar in the example above if
point was inside bar).

-- 
João Paulo L. de Carvalho
Ph.D Computer Science |  IC-UNICAMP | Campinas , SP - Brazil
Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Alberta | Edmonton, AB - Canada
joao.carvalho@ic.unicamp.br
joao.carvalho@ualberta.ca