rainbow-delimiters-mode, syntax-begin-function and font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function

[fatiparty]

Jan 26, 2022, 01:55 by monnier@iro.umontreal.ca:

>> Right, if the version of emacs has `syntax-begin-function', then one could 
>> use that,
>> as has been done.  I am making a new version without calls to things that 
>> would,
>>  be obsolete, but without breaking the colouring functionality. 
>>
>> There is a call to flush the cache `(syntax-ppss-flush-cache 0' with 
>> `(boundp 'syntax-begin-function)'.  Would this still be necessary? 
>>
>
> I recommend you read a bit more to understand a bit what these things do
> (e.g. what does it mean for `syntax-begin-function` to be nil) because
> changing code which you don't understand at all is just not fun.
>
>  Stefan
>
syntax-begin-function is now always nil though.