bug#22256: 25.0.50; multiline font-lock rules broken in C mode

[Anders Lindgren]

Hi!

In C and related modes, multiline font-lock rules no longer work as expected. It looks like a few lines are highlighted, but not all of them.

For example:
Eval the following:
(defvar my-multiline-test-keywords
 '(("^X"
     ("^.+$"
      (progn (beginning-of-line)
             (point-max))
      nil
      (0 'highlight)))))

(defun my-multiline-test-add ()
  (interactive)
  (font-lock-add-keywords nil my-multiline-test-keywords)
  (font-lock-flush))

Insert the following in a new buffer:

X START OF A HIGHLIGHTED BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK
LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK LONG LINES IN THE BLOCK

Do:
M-x c-mode RET
M-x my-multiline-test-add RET

I expect the entire buffer to be highlighted. However, only the first eight lines are highlighted. When the block is edited, different parts of the block is highlighted and unhighlighted.

As a contrast, when `emacs-lisp-mode' is used, the entire block is highlighted, and editing does not change the highlighting.

This worked as intended in Emacs 24.5.

    -- Anders Lindgren

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.60 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0, NS appkit-1348.17 Version 10.10.5 (Build 14F27))
 of 2015-12-28
Repository revision: e9916d8880561cc06b6cb73bafe7257b93ffbf4c
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1348
Configured using:
 'configure --without-dbus'

Configured features:
ACL ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS

Important settings:
  value of $LC_CTYPE: UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: C/l

Minor modes in effect:
  preproc-font-lock-global-mode: t
  preproc-font-lock-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent messages:
previous-line: Beginning of buffer [6 times]
Preproc-Font-Lock mode enabled in current buffer
Making completion list... [2 times]
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
Making completion list... [2 times]

previous-line: Beginning of buffer [4 times]
Saving file /Users/anders/emacs/src/bugs/multiline.c...
Wrote /Users/anders/emacs/src/bugs/multiline.c
Making completion list... [2 times]

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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misearch multi-isearch cc-mode cc-fonts cc-guess cc-menus cc-cmds
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bytecomp byte-compile cconv cl-extra help-mode easymenu cl-loaddefs
pcase cl-lib time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc electric uniquify
ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel ns-win term/common-win
tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment
elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer
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case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer
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text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule
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Memory information:
((conses 16 125810 6766)
 (symbols 48 22477 0)
 (miscs 40 92 691)
 (strings 32 31081 19325)
 (string-bytes 1 1057796)
 (vectors 16 15058)
 (vector-slots 8 499686 7007)
 (floats 8 160 240)
 (intervals 56 3315 21)
 (buffers 976 15))