Re: M-w, then C-y. C-y inserts text properties that aren't on original.

[Stefan Monnier]

> In a C++ Mode buffer, I create a region containing a template-opener <,
> M-w it, then C-y it.
> The C-y puts a syntax-table property on the (copy of) the <, but this
> property didn't exist on the original.
[...]
> Would somebody please suggest the part of Emacs I should be looking at
> to debug this problem.

Can't think of anything (other than the font-lock rules which are under
c++-mode's control, of course).


        Stefan