Re: paren-close-dwim: elisp function of a newbie; feedback welcome

[Davis Herring]

>> (defun paren-close-dwim ()
>>   "Insert closing parenthesis from syntax table.
>> Use a normal parenthesis if not inside any."
>>   (interactive "*")
>>   (insert (or (ignore-errors
>>                 (save-excursion (backward-up-list)
>>                                 (cdr (syntax-after (point)))))
>>               ?\))))
> 
> I'm a total illiterate in elisp but the narrative so far sounds like a
> this code might do something really useful.
> 
> Can someone describe briefly how this would work, maybe with a small
> example, when repairing my own perl code?

I'm not sure what you mean about "repairing ... code".  This command
simply inserts ')', ']', or '}' (and perhaps '>' or so) to match the
most recent unclosed ([{<.

(If it is "really useful", know that it's not my idea; you just quoted
my reimplementation of Florian's code.)

Davis

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