bug#30393: 24.4; cperl-mode: indentation failure

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 2/9/18 8:50 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> > Specifically, it's the open paren in the column 0 that triggers it.  You
> > can set `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start' to nil to fix it.  Same
> > idea as Bug#25480 (that one is cc-mode).
>
> Just to remind people, I fixed all this nonsense about parens in column
> 0 and `open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start' over a year ago.  Key
> search term: "comment-cache".

Note that this particular bug has been filed against Emacs 24.4, and I 
can't reproduce it on master.

> If my fix isn't going to be accepted, I think it's high time that
> somebody else stepped up to the plate and fixed this monstrosity once
> and for all.

Have you seen 14b95587520959c5b54356547a0a69932a9bb480?

AFAICT, open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start doesn't have much effect now.