[debbugs-tracker] bug#15573: closed (24.3.50; `comment-end' in c mode)

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regarding 24.3.50; `comment-end' in c mode
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> 24.3.50; `comment-end' in c mode
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> Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
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> I don't work in C anymore, but I recently noticed that `comment-end' for
> C mode seems to be " */", not "*/".  That presumably makes sense for the
> use of `comment-end' as "String to insert to end a new comment.", per
> the doc string.
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> But `comment-end' can also be used to recognize the end of a comment,
> and in that case I would think that "*/", not " */", would be
> appropriate for C.
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> Case in point: I have some code that does this:
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> (while (and (< start end) (setq cbeg  (comment-search-forward end 'NOERROR)))
>   (setq cend  (if (string= "" comment-end)
>                   (min (1+ (line-end-position)) (point-max))
>                 (search-forward comment-end end 'NOERROR)))
>   (when (and cbeg cend)...))
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> But that fails to DTRT with a comment such as this, because `comment-end'
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> /*
> Some comment.
> */
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> So my question is whether `comment-end' should not perhaps be "*/" for C
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> I do realize that `comment-skip' is available.  Perhaps I should just
> use that somehow in my code, above?  Advice welcome.
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> I also see that there is `comment-padding', and that "the strings used
> as comment ends are built from `comment-end' and `comment-padding'" (doc
> string of `comment-region').  Perhaps `comment-end' should be "*/" and
> `comment-padding' as " " should be used with it to do what is done now
> using " */" as `comment-end' (and "" as `comment-padding')?
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> Presumably, since lots of people have been using this for a long time, I
> just have something to learn wrt my code, above.  Again, please let me
> know.  Thx.
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> In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2013-09-30 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
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>  `configure --enable-checking 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'
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> > But `comment-end' can also be used to recognize the end of a comment,
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> No: that's what comment-end-skip is for.
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>         Stefan
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