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| -rw-r--r-- | src/syntax.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c index 850921353d6..edfdae22590 100644 --- a/src/syntax.c +++ b/src/syntax.c @@ -3530,7 +3530,25 @@ Parsing stops at TO or when certain criteria are met; If fifth arg OLDSTATE is omitted or nil, parsing assumes that FROM is the beginning of a function. -See `syntax-ppss' for a description of the return value. +Value is a list of elements describing final state of parsing: + 0. depth in parens. + 1. character address of start of innermost containing list; nil if none. + 2. character address of start of last complete sexp terminated. + 3. non-nil if inside a string. + (it is the character that will terminate the string, + or t if the string should be terminated by a generic string delimiter.) + 4. nil if outside a comment, t if inside a non-nestable comment, + else an integer (the current comment nesting). + 5. t if following a quote character. + 6. the minimum paren-depth encountered during this scan. + 7. style of comment, if any. + 8. character address of start of comment or string; nil if not in one. + 9. List of positions of currently open parens, outermost first. +10. When the last position scanned holds the first character of a + (potential) two character construct, the syntax of that position, + otherwise nil. That construct can be a two character comment + delimiter or an Escaped or Char-quoted character. +11..... Possible further internal information used by `parse-partial-sexp'. If third arg TARGETDEPTH is non-nil, parsing stops if the depth in parentheses becomes equal to TARGETDEPTH. |