Re: How do you check if the current point is in a comment or a string? (Was Re: Problems with syntax-ppss: Was [... Apply `comment-depth' text properties when calling `back_comment'.])

[Kaushal Modi]

You are correct; it does not work if the point is before the first comment character.  That makes sense if you visualize syntax-ppss to look at the chars ONLY up to the point. I never faced this case in my application.

May be have a combination of looking-at comment-start or double quote (") and syntax-ppss?