Re: master e8acfc7: Add a command for string quotes toggling to ruby-mode

[Dmitry Gutov]

Hi!

Bozhidar Batsov <address@hidden> writes:

> +(defun ruby--string-region ()
> +  "Return region for string at point."
> +  (let ((orig-point (point)) (regex 
> "'\\(\\(\\\\'\\)\\|[^']\\)*'\\|\"\\(\\(\\\\\"\\)\\|[^\"]\\)*\"") beg end)
> +    (save-excursion
> +      (goto-char (line-beginning-position))
> +      (while (and (re-search-forward regex (line-end-position) t) (not (and 
> beg end)))
> +        (let ((match-beg (match-beginning 0)) (match-end (match-end 0)))
> +          (when (and
> +                 (> orig-point match-beg)
> +                 (< orig-point match-end))
> +            (setq beg match-beg)
> +            (setq end match-end))))
> +      (and beg end (list beg end)))))

Any reason this doesn't do something like

(let ((state (syntax-ppss)))
  (when (memq (nth 3 state) '(?' ?\"))
    (goto-char (nth 8 state))
    (forward-sexp)
    (list (nth 8 state) (point))))

?