Re: Imenu should avoid positions in comments/strings

[Stefan Monnier]

> I think `imenu--generic-function' should use `syntax-ppss' to check
> the position before adding to the index.  Probably also

I agree but I think we should wait for post-21.4 for such changes,

> By the way, the doc for various variables in Imenu now has redundant
> info about the variable being buffer-local.  Probably Imenu isn't the
> only case.  E.g.

I tried to fix "all cases" but my grep didn't match the sentence used
in imenu.  I indeed expect several other packages are in
similar situations.


        Stefan