Re: [Emacs-diffs] master b01a429: js--re-search-backward-inner: Fix infloop

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 03:27:20 +0300
> 
> Any chance I may backport this to emacs-26?

When was this issue introduced?

> The bug was reported only recently, but it seems pretty annoying 
> (infloop during indentation), and the fix is simple.

Taken at face value, it doesn't look simple: you are switching from
using 2 elements of what syntax-ppss returns to a 3rd one.  How do we
know this won't introduce other issues?  Maybe if you describe the
logic of the change, I will agree with you.

Thanks.