bug#20240: 25.0.50; CC Mode broken fontification and commenting

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Mark.

In article <mailman.3120.1427885528.31049.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> you wrote:

>>From emacs -Q:

> 1. C-x C-f foo.c RET
> 2. Insert: { RET }
> 3. Select the first line and M-;

> Only `/* ` is inserted at the beginning of the buffer, which is wrong.

It actually signals an error at that point, which is indeed wrong.

I've just committed a fix to the Emacs repository.  Could you please update
your sources, rebuild, and confirm that the fix works, please.

Thanks for taking the trouble to report this bug.

> 4. Undo: C-/

> The braces remain fontified as comments.

> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
> of 2015-03-31 on logos

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).