bug#14457: 24.3; buggy forward-sexp in octave mode?

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

Am 25.05.2013 06:20, schrieb Leo Liu:
> On 2013-05-24 13:30 +0800, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>> forward-sexp isn't able to leave a string when called from inside.
>> Which constitutes a bug.
>>
>> For example curser at end inside string:
>>
>> case "importdata"
>>                 ^
>> First backward-sexp would reach beginning of string, OK.
>> Second call fails.
>
> This is a different issue

That's right. Sorry mixing that up.

and I am not sure what to do here. Maybe it
> makes more sense to let forward-list and backward-up-list move out of
> strings. Feel free to make a proposal.
>
> Leo
>

If backward-sexp is called from inside a string, would assume the string being the balanced expression then.
I.e. it should go to the beginning of string. From there proceed as now.

Andreas