Re: When is a syntax-propertize-function called when parse-sexp-lookup-properties is t for a current buffer?

[Pierre Rouleau]

> Did you read this
>
>   Only single-character comment start and end sequences are represented
> thus.
>   Two-character sequences are represented as described below.
>   The second character of NEWENTRY is the matching parenthesis,
>   used only if the first character is ‘(’ or ‘)’.
>

in `modify-syntax-entry'?
>
> I did.  That's why I wrote that I thought of using the following:

(modify-syntax-entry ?< "(>" table)
(modify-syntax-entry ?> ")<" table)

But I can't because that would cause unbalancing in code where the > and <
are used by themselves, not in << or >> pairs.


> Weird/bad this isn't already in the mode BTW ...
>
> I agree.  That's why I'm trying to improve it.

-- 
/Pierre