Re: Syntax tables for multiple modes [was: bug#22983: syntax-ppss returns wrong result.]

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 03/21/2016 05:11 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> I must say I don't understand how what we have is so very different from
> what you suggest.  Of course, I fully agree on the need to deprecate
> indent-line-function and use a side-effect free replacement which
> returns the desired indentation (instead performing the indentation).
>
> I think both suggestions require changes to every mode, and in both
> cases the changes can be reduced to a one-liner or close enough (for
> the simple case).  Admittedly, for it to be a one-liner, we'll need to
> provide a standard helper function.

It also sounds like we should revert the changes that brought in 
prog-indentation-context in emacs-25, and proceed with the results of 
this discussion on master. Provided we reach an agreement here, of course.