Re: Help Understanding syntax-propertize-function

[Stefan Monnier]

> There's the prog1 form at the end of hcl--font-lock-open-heredoc:
>
> ...
>       (prog1 (string-to-syntax "|")
>         (goto-char (+ 2 start))))))

Indeed, there is, but I don't know what worries you bout it.

> It looks like it's meant to be a special "(prog1 EXP . EXPS)" form for
> syntax-propertize-rules.

I don't think so.

> I wonder - how could that work?  Does syntax-propertize-rules inspect
> the SYNTAX expression to check for suchlike forms?

No it doesn't.


        Stefan