sh-mode-syntax-table is no longer a syntax table

[Klaus Zeitler]

Symptoms:

when I try to modify entries in sh-script modes syntax table, with e.g.
(modify-syntax-entry 36 "." sh-mode-syntax-table), I get the following error:
"wrong-type-argument syntax-table-p".

I suggest a change allong the lines:

(defvar sh-mode-syntax-table nil
   "Syntax-table used in Shell-Script mode.")
(defvar sh-mode-syntax-table-input
  '((sh eval sh-mode-syntax-table ()
        ?\# "<"
        ?\n ">#"
        ?\" "\"\""
        ?\' "\"'"
        ?\` "\"`"
        ?! "_"
        ?% "_"
        ?: "_"
        ?. "_"
        ?^ "_"
        ?~ "_"
        ?, "_"
        ?< "."
        ?> ".")
    (csh eval identity sh)
    (rc eval identity sh))

  "Used to generate the syntax table in `sh-feature'.")


and in sh-set-shell

  (setq sh-mode-syntax-table (or (sh-feature sh-mode-syntax-table-input)
                                 (standard-syntax-table)))
  (set-syntax-table sh-mode-syntax-table)

instead of:

  (set-syntax-table (or (sh-feature sh-mode-syntax-table)
                        (standard-syntax-table)))


In GNU Emacs 21.3.50.7 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, Motif Version 2.1.0)
 of 2003-09-10 on sfsws4
configured using `configure '--with-gcc' 
'--prefix=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/emacs/cvs' 
'--sharedstatedir=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/emacs/cvs/share' 
'--with-x-toolkit=motif' 
'--x-includes=/usr/openwin/include:/usr/local/gnu/include' 
'--x-libraries=/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/local/gnu/lib' '--with-pop' 'CC=gcc''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x C-f C-a C-k ~ / t s t 
C-g <escape> x l o a d - l i b SPC <return> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <return> C-x C-f C-a C-k ~ 
/ t s t / x . s h <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
M-: <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <return> <help-echo> 
q <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <
report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
Setting up indent for shell type bash
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setting up indent stuff
Indentation variable are now local.
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