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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Herbert Euler" <herberteuler@hotmail.com>
Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C++ mode and c-beginning-of-current-token
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:15:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy7jolpbe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY143-F2056B5A950418736C84A29DA3D0@phx.gbl> (Herbert Euler's message of "Tue\, 15 May 2007 11\:45\:57 +0800")

>> > If `parse-sexp-lookup-properties' is t, `skip-syntax-backward' would
>> > not return -1, but signaling an error in some cases.
>> 
>> Sounds like a bug in skip-syntax-backward.

> Is it Ok of signaling error if point is at beginning of buffer when calling
> `skip-syntax-backward'?

No, it's not.

It might conceptually be OK to change it so as to signal
a `beginning-of-buffer' error (although it'd most likely introduce
compatiblity bugs), but it has no reason to ever signal not "Point before
start of properties".


        Stefan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-16 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-12 10:39 C++ mode and c-beginning-of-current-token Herbert Euler
2007-05-12 13:19 ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-05-12 14:30   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-12 14:33   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-12 16:02   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-12 15:30 ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-12 18:49   ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-05-13  0:51     ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-13 10:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-05-14  2:00   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-14  8:50     ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-05-14  9:24       ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-14 16:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-15  3:45   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-15  6:39     ` martin rudalics
2007-05-16 16:15     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-05-15 13:30   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-16  8:01     ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-16  8:05       ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-17  2:12         ` Kenichi Handa
2007-05-17 10:18           ` martin rudalics
2007-05-17 12:52             ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-17 13:51               ` martin rudalics
2007-05-17 21:40                 ` martin rudalics
2007-05-17 14:32               ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-17 14:45                 ` martin rudalics
2007-05-18 13:00                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-18 23:39                   ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-19 22:31                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-19 12:59                   ` martin rudalics
2007-05-19 15:18                     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-19 17:48                       ` martin rudalics
2007-05-21 13:01                       ` Kenichi Handa
2007-05-21 14:00                         ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-22  1:37                           ` Kenichi Handa
2007-05-22 10:26                             ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-22 12:08                               ` Kenichi Handa
2007-05-20  6:50                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-16  9:00       ` martin rudalics
2007-05-16 11:12         ` Herbert Euler
2007-05-16 12:21           ` martin rudalics

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