Re: emacs-30 1fd7957bc72: ; cperl-mode.el: Add a test for Bug#74245

[Peter Oliver]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025, Michael Albinus wrote:

> Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk> writes:
>
> > > Ouch, thanks.  The test is not supposed to be run with perl-mode.
> > > I failed to check that.  Fixed!
>
> In my environment, the fix works.
>
> > Since the bug is still present in perl-mode, is the following better?
> >
> >   :expected-result (if (eq cperl-test-mode #'perl-mode) :failed :passed)
>
> Hmm. Perhaps you find the reason why it doesn't work for you?
>
> Although both approaches should work, I'm in favor of Haralds
> skip-unless, which gives a clear reason (missing precodition). The
> :expected-result clause is rather meant for tests which do not run ATM,
> and which are waiting for a fix.

When I say “the bug is still present in perl-mode”, I mean bug 74245, reported 
against cperl-mode, and fixed in cperl-mode in commit b74ac4af940, is also 
present in perl-mode (in Emacs 30.0.93, at least).

I assume no-one has plans to fix it in perl-mode, however.

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Peter Oliver