bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 18.09.2020 16:13, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> > When moving by sexp (C-M-f, C-M-u and so on) and point is already at a
> > boundary preventing further movement, Emacs currently signals an
> > internal error such as
> >
> >   Scan error: "Containing expression ends prematurely", 5010, 5010
> >
> > or
> >
> >   Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 5010, 1
> >
> > which is unhelpful and rather looks as if something went wrong in the
> > internal machinery.
> Yes, those error messages are confusing in interactive usage.

They might be kinda helpful for interactive debugging, though?