Re: CC Mode 5.30.9 (C++); Inconsistent syntax analysis of line with just ( -- normally topmost-intro-cont, but statement-cont when the function is named operator==

[Martin S. <ma...@ly...>]

"Robert N. Mcdonnell" <RMc...@be...> wrote:

> Given the following as the only text in a c++-mode buffer:
>
> bool operator==
>   (
> );
>
> \C-c\C-s on the second line produces ((statement-cont 1))
>
> If I change the function name, in particular to operator!=
>
> bool operator!=
> (
> );
>
> \C-c\C-s on the second line produces ((topmost-intro-cont 1))

Thanks for the report. The patch below fixes this case. However, other
operator declarations like operator<, operator<<, operator, and
operator() are still not treated correctly. That requires a larger fix
that I've only made in the development version.


diff -u -r5.419.2.33 cc-engine.el
--- cc-engine.el	7 Oct 2004 11:46:35 -0000	5.419.2.33
+++ cc-engine.el	9 Apr 2005 17:57:40 -0000
@@ -6103,7 +6103,9 @@
 		;; Note: We use the fact that lim is always after any
 		;; preceding brace sexp.
 		(while (and (zerop (c-backward-token-2 1 t lim))
-			    (not (looking-at "[;<,=]"))))
+			    (or (not (looking-at "[;<,=]"))
+				(and c-overloadable-operators-regexp
+				     (looking-at c-overloadable-operators-regexp)))))
 		(or (memq (char-after) '(?, ?=))
 		    (and (c-major-mode-is 'c++-mode)
 			 (zerop (c-backward-token-2 1 nil lim))