bug#14303: 24.3; Bug in comment-search-backward

[Leo Liu]

On 2013-04-29 21:27 +0800, Leo Liu wrote:
> Open a new buffer in octave-mode and insert the following line:
>
>   x="#abc"
>
> Move point to the end of the inserted line and
>
>   M-: (comment-search-backward)
>
> this moves point inside the string.

So it is no longer fine for comment-search-backward to end up in a
comment or string any more.

How about something like this?

diff --git a/lisp/newcomment.el b/lisp/newcomment.el
index d55feaa3..65182c1b 100644
--- a/lisp/newcomment.el
+++ b/lisp/newcomment.el
@@ -485,27 +485,25 @@ (defun comment-search-backward (&optional limit noerror)
 Moves point to inside the comment and returns the position of the
 comment-starter.  If no comment is found, moves point to LIMIT
 and raises an error or returns nil if NOERROR is non-nil."
-  ;; FIXME: If a comment-start appears inside a comment, we may erroneously
-  ;; stop there.  This can be rather bad in general, but since
-  ;; comment-search-backward is only used to find the comment-column (in
-  ;; comment-set-column) and to find the comment-start string (via
-  ;; comment-beginning) in indent-new-comment-line, it should be harmless.
-  (if (not (re-search-backward comment-start-skip limit t))
-      (unless noerror (error "No comment"))
-    (beginning-of-line)
-    (let* ((end (match-end 0))
-          (cs (comment-search-forward end t))
-          (pt (point)))
-      (if (not cs)
-         (progn (beginning-of-line)
-                (comment-search-backward limit noerror))
-       (while (progn (goto-char cs)
-                     (comment-forward)
-                     (and (< (point) end)
-                          (setq cs (comment-search-forward end t))))
-         (setq pt (point)))
-       (goto-char pt)
-       cs))))
+  (let (found end)
+    (while (and (not found) (re-search-backward comment-start-skip limit t))
+      (setq end (match-end 0))
+      (or (nth 8 (syntax-ppss)) (setq found t)))
+    (if (not found)
+       (unless noerror (error "No comment"))
+      (beginning-of-line)
+      (let ((cs (comment-search-forward end t))
+           (pt (point)))
+       (if (not cs)
+           (progn (beginning-of-line)
+                  (comment-search-backward limit noerror))
+         (while (progn (goto-char cs)
+                       (comment-forward)
+                       (and (< (point) end)
+                            (setq cs (comment-search-forward end t))))
+           (setq pt (point)))
+         (goto-char pt)
+         cs)))))
 
 (defun comment-beginning ()
   "Find the beginning of the enclosing comment.