On 2010-10-26 03:42 +0800, Sam Steingold wrote:
> emacs uses the heuristic that "^(" starts a function.
> this mean that a paren in column one which does not start a function
> will mess emacs us.
> you can add a space before it in comment or backslash in doc string:
>
> (defun f ()
>   "Doc which contains parens.
> \(backslash disappears in the reader but saves emacs)"
>   code...)
>
> #| add a space before "(defun" to help emacs
>  (defun f ())
> #|

On 2010-10-26 03:38 +0800, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Don't know: works for me, so I'm not sure what case needs to
> be improved.
>
>
>         Stefan

From time to time I have seen code inside #| |# not shown in a comment
face, unfortunately the font locking seems random to me i.e. sometimes
the block is properly font locked after deleting or re-opening the file.

For example: