bug#9461: 24.0.50; Weird behaviour in "show-parent-mode"

[Andreas Schwab]

Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com> writes:

>>From "emacs -Q":
> 1. Create a new buffer: C-x b tmp <RET>
> 2. Turn "show-paren-mode" on: M-x show-paren-mode <RET>
> 3. Write "\(hello\)".
>
> The resulting buffer appearance is shown in the attached file.
>
> Why is Emacs trying to match the first "\" with the last ")"?

Because that's where scan-sexps moves to.

Andreas.

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