Indentation in c++-mode.

[Lute Kamstra]

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Dear people,

In GNU Emacs 20.3.1 (mips-sgi-irix6.2, Motif)
 of Do sep  3 1998 on zeus
configured using `configure  --with-x-toolkit=motif --with-gcc=no 
--prefix=/usr/local/emacs --with-pop'

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

After launching emacs from a shell (under X11) by:

emacs newfile.cc &

I end up in c++-mode in a clean buffer (since the file newfile.cc is
non existent). Then I type the following two lines.

/*/,*/
/*

The first line (as a whole) is a valid c++ comment. The second line is
the opening of a c++ comment. After typing the last '*' (in the second
line), the second line is indented by two spaces. The result looks
like this:

/*/,*/
  /*

I consider this a bug. For one thing, the comment in the first line
was closed and should not affect the comment in the second line. For
another, c++ comments of the type '/*' ... '*/' are not allowed to
nest and as a result should not be indented.

Interestingly, had I typed a space instead of a comma in the first
line, the indentation would not have happened. So had I typed:

/*/ */
/*

then the second line would not be indented.

Note: This behaviour is the same when emacs is invoked with the -q
option (so without using my .emacs file) and in version 20.7 on my
linux box.

Recent input:
/ * / , * / return / * menu-bar help-menu report-e
macs-bug

Recent messages:
For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
newfile.cc has auto save data; consider M-x recover-file
Loading cc-mode...
Loading cc-mode...done
Loading outline...
Loading outline...done
Loading regexp-opt...
Loading regexp-opt...done
Loading emacsbug...
Loading emacsbug...done

Hope you find this useful.

Kind regards and happy hacking,

  Lute Kamstra.

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