Re: Fill for // style comments in C

[Miles Bader]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> C mode does support // comments in other ways, so if it doesn't
>> enable filling of them, I think that is a bug.
>
> I still haven't seen any clear report that it doesn't work (just some vague
> remarks about whether or not it works).

Consider the following in c-mode (with indentation removed):

   // this is a test
   // foo bar
   int a ()
   {
   }

If you position the point on the word "test", and hit M-q (bound to
`c-fill-paragraph'), nothing happens.

If you then do `M-x c++-mode', and hit M-q again, the comment is filled
as you might expect.

_However_ if you use `M-x fill-paragraph' instead of M-q
(c-fill-paragraph), then it works correctly in both modes -- so it
appears that the bug is with c-fill-paragraph.

-Miles

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