parse-sexp-ignore-comments

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#99388

From: Jamie Zawinski
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 1990 23:55

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parse-sexp-ignore-comments doesn't work especially well in lisp mode;
consider:

(defun test ()
  ;; (foo foo foo)
  (bar))

Set parse-sexp-ignore-comments to t, put the cursor at the beginning of the
defun line, and type M-C-F - so far so good.  Now type M-C-B - you fly off
into hyperspace.  Here's another odd one:

(defun test ()
  ;; (;
  (bar))

That last semicolon matters.

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Subject: parse-sexp-ignore-comments
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