bug#5706: 23.1; Comments incorrectly detected in autoconf mode

[Stefan Kangas]

rrt@sc3d.org writes:

> A hash character does not always introduce a comment in autoconf code,
> but autoconf-mode always colors if as if it did. Unfortunately, I
> cannot really tell from the autoconf manual what the rules are. I
> suspect that # does not start a comment if it is inside [...] quotes,
> but I guess this should be checked.

(This bug was reported 10 years ago, but unfortunately never got a reply
at the time.)

Could you give an example of some autoconf code where you believe the
hash character is incorrectly identified as a comment?