Re: 23.0.50; ielm doesn't handle comments

[Bastien]

Lawrence Mitchell <address@hidden> writes:

> Bastien Guerry wrote:
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>>> (defun ielm-trim-comments (string)
>>>  "Trim comments in STRING."
>>>  (let ((pos (previous-single-property-change
>>>           (length string) 'face string)))
>>>    (if (eq (get-text-property pos 'face)
>>>         'font-lock-comment-face)
>>>     (substring string 0 pos))))
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> This breaks if the user doesn't use font-lock.

Right.  I have come up with another solution, not relying on font-lock,
but this one doesn't allow the double-quote character in comments.

Please improve it if you can.  If no objection/suggestion until next
week, I'll apply this one.

ieml.el.patch
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Bastien