bug#50538: [PATCH] 28.0.50; electric-pair-mode fails to pair double quotes in some cases in CC mode

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Eli.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 08:25:33 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
> > Cc: 50538@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:17:23 -0700

> > On 9/11/2021 8:58 PM, Jim Porter wrote:
> >  > (Note: I've just updated my copyright assignment information, but
> >  > haven't received confirmation that everything is in order, so this might
> >  > need to wait until that's done for it to merge.)

> > I've gotten confirmation that my copyright assignment info is all 
> > up-to-date, so once this patch passes muster, it should be ok to merge it.

> Your copyright assignment is on file, so we are good in that
> department.

> > On 9/12/2021 11:05 AM, Jim Porter wrote:
> > > Note however that this solution isn't perfect: it means a user's custom 
> > > `electric-pair-inhibit-predicate' can only inhibit *more* than CC mode's 
> > > default behavior, not less. I think that's a reasonable compromise 
> > > though, and users who want more direct control can set 
> > > `electric-pair-inhibit-predicate' inside `c-mode-common-hook'. A 
> > > "perfect" solution here would probably require adding new customization 
> > > points to `electric-pair-mode' (e.g. a way for major modes to override 
> > > how the syntax is analyzed), and I'm not sure the added complexity would 
> > > be worth it, especially since this code is already a bit tricky.

> > I'm not sure if someone has a better idea for how to do things, but for 
> > my config[1], the patch works well and makes CC modes behave the same as 
> > other programming modes. In my opinion, the worst thing 
> > `electric-pair-mode' can do is to behave inconsistently, since that 
> > forces the user to pay close attention to something that should be 
> > almost invisible/automatic.

> I don't use this minor mode, so I don't think my opinion on this
> matters much.  I will defer to Lars and Alan here.

Thanks, I've downloaded the bug thread from debbugs, and I'll look at
it.  I don't actually use the minor mode either, but the patch is to do
with C++ Mode.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).