beginning-of-defun in cc-mode based languages doesn't work?

beginning-of-defun in cc-mode based languages doesn't work?

[cstacy]

It seems that c-m-a never works for me in cc-mode based languages,
such as csharp-mode.
It always moves to the beginning of the most top-level definition,
such as namespace.
I expected to move to the beginning ot something more local, such as
the current function definition.

(Tried without any init file in most versions of emacs, including 21
and 22.)
I don't think I've ever seen this work (in the last 10 years...)

Are my expectations wrong, or what?

Re: beginning-of-defun in cc-mode based languages doesn't work?

[Alan Mackenzie]

cstacy <cstacy.google@dtpq.com> wrote:
> It seems that c-m-a never works for me in cc-mode based languages, such
> as csharp-mode.  It always moves to the beginning of the most top-level
> definition, such as namespace.  I expected to move to the beginning ot
> something more local, such as the current function definition.

> (Tried without any init file in most versions of emacs, including 21
> and 22.) I don't think I've ever seen this work (in the last 10
> years...)

> Are my expectations wrong, or what?

This is a longstanding problem which has been fixed in CC Mode 5.32
(which hasn't yet been released).  If you want to play with this version,
download it by following the instructions on
<http://cc-mode.sourceforge.net/anoncvs.php>.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).