Re: Fwd: Bug in lisp indentation

[Stefan Monnier]

> I think what takes the time is parsing _down_ from the top of the
> function.  Finding the start of the defun is very fast by comparison,
> at least for Lisp.

None of the indentation algorithms I've ever implemented does any
forward parsing.  It's always going backward.  Going backward leads to
better behavior as well: it only looks at nearby code to decide how to
indent, so its behavior is more local and hence easier for the user
to understand.


        Stefan