bug#34233: 27.0.50; defvar in comment

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> This is `eval-sexp-add-defvars' not checking if defvars are really code.

So is this the correct solution?

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
index cb1b17b447..0e99cb9ac0 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
@@ -1179,7 +1179,13 @@ eval-sexp-add-defvars
           (let ((var (intern (match-string 1))))
             (and (not (special-variable-p var))
                  (save-excursion
-                   (zerop (car (syntax-ppss (match-beginning 0)))))
+                   (let ((syntax (syntax-ppss (match-beginning 0))))
+                     ;; Top-level.
+                     (and (zerop (car syntax))
+                          ;; Not in a comment.
+                          (null (nth 4 syntax))
+                          ;; Not in a string.
+                          (null (nth 3 syntax)))))
                  (push var vars))))
         `(progn ,@(mapcar (lambda (v) `(defvar ,v)) vars) ,exp)))))
 
(Those ppss things really should have accessors.  :-))

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