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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el index 3861b160cc9..913e34d5136 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/syntax.el @@ -476,6 +476,26 @@ run from `point-min' to POS except that values at positions 2 and 6 in the returned list (counting from 0) cannot be relied upon. Point is at POS when this function returns. +Value is a list of elements describing final state of parsing: + 0. depth in parens. + 1. character address of start of innermost containing list; nil if none. + 2. character address of start of last complete sexp terminated. + 3. non-nil if inside a string. + (it is the character that will terminate the string, + or t if the string should be terminated by a generic string delimiter.) + 4. nil if outside a comment, t if inside a non-nestable comment, + else an integer (the current comment nesting). + 5. t if following a quote character. + 6. the minimum paren-depth encountered during this scan. + 7. style of comment, if any. + 8. character address of start of comment or string; nil if not in one. + 9. List of positions of currently open parens, outermost first. +10. When the last position scanned holds the first character of a + (potential) two character construct, the syntax of that position, + otherwise nil. That construct can be a two character comment + delimiter or an Escaped or Char-quoted character. +11..... Possible further internal information used by ‘parse-partial-sexp’. + It is necessary to call `syntax-ppss-flush-cache' explicitly if this function is called while `before-change-functions' is temporarily let-bound, or if the buffer is modified without |