Re: parentheses matching failure on valid sexp

[Joe Wells]

Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:

> Joe Wells <jbw@macs.hw.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> To reproduce this bug:
>>
>> 1. Save the attached file as foobar.el.
>> 2. Run “emacs -Q foobar.el”.
>> 3. Delete the trailing right parenthesis on line 435.
>> 4. Type a right parenthesis.
>>
>> The correct behavior would be to match the leading left parenthesis on
>> line 1.  The actual buggy behavior is that the message “Mismatched
>> parentheses” is given.
>>
>> This bug is sensitive to the size of the input.  If you delete much of
>> the input, then the bug goes away.
>
> This is documented behavior, see the variable blink-matching-paren-distance:

Thank you for pointing this out!

-- 
Joe