Re: character syntax of linefeed?

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr@freebits.de> writes:

> Quoting 35.2.1 Table of Syntax Classes:
>
>   -- Syntax class: whitespace character
>      "Whitespace characters" (designated by ` ' or `-') separate symbols
>      and words from each other.  [...]  Space, tab, newline and formfeed
>      are classified as whitespace in almost all major modes.
>
> However, if I open, say, an empty foo.el or foo.c file, press RET
> and then M-: (list (string (char-before))
>                    (string (char-syntax (char-before))))
>
> I get ("
>        " ">"), i.e. a syntax of type 'endcomment'.
>
> This behaviour seems to go through 23,22, and 21, so it's definitively
> not new. :-)
>
> My question is, is the above paragraph just wrong?

In which way does that contradict "almost all major modes"?

Andreas.

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