bug#23053: 25.0.92; error in cc-mode when editing C# file with a generic class inheritance

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Saulius.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:51:25PM +0200, Saulius Menkevičius wrote:

> Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

[ .... ]

> > Explanation for the bug I saw: a new "language variable",
> > c-<>-notable-chars-re, had been defined in CC Mode, but not compiled into
> > the csharp-mode part.  That left it's value at nil, rather than the
> > string it should be.  This nil then caused the error.

> > But it could be I'm looking at totally the wrong problem.

> It worked for me, actually. Removing csharp-mode and then reinstalling
> via package manager fixed the issue for me.

That's great!  As a general principle, csharp-mode should be compiled
together with the CC Mode that it's going to be run with.

> > The same thing happening on Java would surprise me.  That would imply a
> > different problem.

> I couldn't replicate the Java issue myself..

That was a newish CC Mode bug solely in the master branch of the Emacs
repository, now fixed.

[ .... ]

> So the issue is resolved for me, reinstalling csharp-mode fixed it. Not
> sure it works for Jostein.

It does, now.  I'm going to close the bug.  Thanks for the report and all
the help!

> -- 
> Saulius Menkevičius (saulius.menkevicius@gmail.com)

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).