bug#8576: 23.2; js-mode doesn't support multi-line variable declarations

[Stefan Monnier]

> I'll work on a fix, at least for indentation.  The trouble is that the
> fix involves a potentially unbounded amount of backward parsing.

AFAIK all indentation algorithms involve some unbounded amount of
backward parsing, except for some rare exceptions where the language's
syntax is sufficiently limited/redundant (and line-oriented).


        Stefan