Re: syntax-ppss

[Stefan Monnier]

>     -classes mentioned in @var{syntaxes} (a string of syntax code
>     +classes mentioned in @var{syntaxes} (a string of syntax classes
>      characters).  It stops when it encounters the end of the buffer, or

> It needs to be "class", singular.

>     address@hidden syntax-ppss &optional pos
>     +This function returns the state of the parser at position @var{pos} if
>     +started with a default start state at the beginning of the buffer.
>     +I.e., it is equivalent to @code(parse-partial-sexp (point-min)
>     address@hidden).  The difference is that @code{syntax-ppss} uses a cache 
> to
>     +speed up the computation.  This has as a side-effect that the 2nd and
>     +6th value of the returned state cannot be relied upon.
>     address@hidden defun
>     +

> Clearer would be

>     This function returns the state that the parser would have at
>     position @var{pos}, if it were started with a default start state
>     at the beginning of the buffer.  Thus, it is equivalent to
>     @code(parse-partial-sexp (point-min) @var{pos}), except that
>     @code{syntax-ppss} uses a cache to speed up the
>     computation.  Also, the 2nd and 6th value of the returned state are
>     not meaningful.
>     @end defun
    
> Which two values does "the 2nd and 6th value" refer to?  It isn't
> clear to me; I am not sure whether they are counted 0-origin or
> 1-origin.  It won't be clear to the reader, either.

> So please give descriptions of them, not just numbers.

Thanks, fixed and installed.


        Stefan