bug#9501: 24.0.50; c-end-of-defun and c-beginning-of-defun are not convenient with C++ / namespaces

[Hannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi>]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug, and
the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give a recipe
starting from `emacs -Q':

Create file test.h with the following content:

namespace Kala {

void function()
{
}

void function2()
{
}

}

Run emacs -Q test.h.  Enter c++-mode with M-x c++-mode RET. Move to
the first line of "function".  Hit C-M-e.  Observe that point moves
to the end of the buffer.  Move to the first line of
"function2". Hit C-M-a.  Observe that point moves to the beginning
of the buffer.  Now, documentation of c-end-of-defun says "Move
forward to the end of a top level declaration." and you could argue
that namespace Kala is the only top level declaration and therefore
this behaviour is correct, but I argue that in practice this
behaviour is not useful.

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In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-08-25 on HANNU
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: fi_FI
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: FIN
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: C/l

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
n/a

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

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-- 
Hannu