Re: Algorithm in electric-pair--unbalanced-strings-p unsuitable for CC Mode

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > Thanks.  That's part of the problem.  Another part is that syntax
>> > fontification will have wrongly fontified the bits beyond the end of the
>> > invalid string with font-lock-string-face.
>
>> We've gone through that several times already.
>> We don't and can't know if it's wrong or not, because it depends on what
>> is the error: is there a missing closing " on the line, or should the
>> newline be preceded by \ ?
>
> The error is clear: [...]

On the first line, yes.  But in the above, we're discussing "the bits
beyond the end of the invalid string".


        Stefan