Re: commends in Python mode

[Stefan Monnier]

> Try inputting the following in a Python mode buffer:
> test = (1,
>         # Apostrophe: '
>         2)

> You can see that the apostrophe breaks sexp scanning (the closing
> paren is not paired with the opening) and probably more.  This
> doesn't happen in e.g. C-mode, so it is a problem of Python mode.

I believe you're just suffering the consequences of having
parse-sexp-ignore-comments set to nil.  IMO it should always be set to t,
but for some reason it defaults to nil.


        Stefan