From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5122: Mismatched parentheses when dealing with huge buffercontent Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:59:18 -0500 Message-ID: <87my1w0vzt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ocmdw33d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <838wdhjdpj.fsf@gnu.org> <87d42trs02.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83638kkau1.fsf@gnu.org> <878wdgw25e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <833a3oj8gv.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260126471 21907 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2009 19:07:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:07:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 06 20:07:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NHMSL-0002dI-At for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:07:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47552 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHMSK-0003GW-Ov for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:07:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHMSG-0003Ew-1l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:07:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHMSA-0003A0-EN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:07:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40578 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHMSA-00039m-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:07:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:38343) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NHMS9-0008M1-Ji for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB6J7PMF000453; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:07:27 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB6J56mR032232; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:05:06 -0800 Resent-Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:05:06 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:05:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5122 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5122-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B5122.126012596631126 (code B ref 5122); Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:05:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5122) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Dec 2009 18:59:26 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.101]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB6IxOHf031119 for <5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:59:25 -0800 Original-Received: from furry (173-14-147-246-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.14.147.246]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nB6IxIwt017780 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:59:18 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A0EBBC071; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:59:18 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <833a3oj8gv.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:52:32 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:07:34 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33321 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Like I said, if there is no matching parenthesis within the search >> limit (which, btw, has been increased in Emacs 22.3), in most cases >> the parentheses really are mismatched. > > But we don't know that, unless we searched all the way to the > beginning or end of the buffer. All we know is that we didn't find a > match within the distance searched. I understand what you're saying. But even if there is a "matching" paren more than 102k characters away (the blink-matching-paren-distance default), chances are that's a mistake anyway. Yes, I know the failure condition exists. But for every user enlightened by a more verbose error message, I think there will be hundreds more that will be unnecessarily confused.