bug#11996: Perl mode indentation does not know about the \() construct

[Mauro Aranda]

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jidanni@jidanni.org writes:


> Perl mode indentation does not know about the \() construct.
> [Perl mode defined in `perl-mode.el']
> It even reports
> forward-sexp: Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 158, 1
>
> {
>     my @zzzz=(\%seen_couchrequsts, \%seen_people );
>     my @zzzz=\(%seen_couchrequsts, %seen_people );
> my @zzzz=(\%seen_couchrequsts, \%seen_people );
> }

I can reproduce this on current master.  It seems to me that this can be
fixed by modifying the syntax of the backslash character when it is used
as the "backslash operator" and not as an escape character.

0001-Recognize-the-backslash-operator-in-perl-mode.patch
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