From: Doug Davis <ddavis@ddavis.io>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Revert recent buggy font-locking changes in python.el
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:26:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m25z277xdt.fsf@ddavis.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877dmnw3x1.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:31:54 +0100")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Doug Davis <ddavis@ddavis.io> writes:
>
>> (Bug#45679) and (Bug#46233) report buggy font-locking in python.el. I
>> was able to trace it back to b2ce94fa5e - but I haven't been able to
>> figure out _what_ the bug is (it's easy to trigger the issue, i.e.
>> trigger the wonky font-locking), but not obvious how it's happening).
>>
>> Would it be reasonable to revert those changes (the attached patch does
>> it)? I would also be happy to help solve the underlying issue (by
>> testing new patches or being pointed to any tips for debugging font
>> locking issues).
>
> The patch seemed to fix the issue in bug#45341, so it'd be better to try
> to determine what it doesn't get right instead of reverting outright.
Thanks, understood- I'll keep poking at it (and repeat that I'm happy to
volunteer to test any patches if anyone else tries to work on it and
believes they have a fix).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-04 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-03 21:28 Revert recent buggy font-locking changes in python.el Doug Davis
2021-03-04 11:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-04 14:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 15:26 ` Doug Davis [this message]
2021-03-04 23:56 ` Daniel Martín
2021-03-05 1:22 ` Doug Davis
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