bug#58029: 28.2; Struct boundaries ignored by bounds-of-thing-at-point

[Richard Hopkins]

On 2022-09-24 14:42, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> It only recognises these constructs if you're in a buffer where the
> syntax rules say so.  So try:
>
> (with-temp-buffer
>   (insert (prin1-to-string (make-foo :a 1)))
>   (emacs-lisp-mode)
>   (goto-char (point-min))
>   (list
>    (buffer-string)
>    (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'sexp)
>    (prin1-to-string (read (current-buffer)))))
>
> => ("#s(foo 1)" (1 . 10) "#s(foo 1)")

Ah, thanks for the pointer.  It works for me too (and `backward-sexp')
starting from Emacs 29 when the relevant mode is set, including the
scratch buffer with `lisp-interaction-mode'.

Please close, thanks.