From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 14:30:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Comment change.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.106~192
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7cc80f0aefd4cbdd6fd0e827b67216c68e08b2ef;p=emacs.git

Comment change.
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diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 695b519c5f8..b2799924a5b 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -341,9 +341,15 @@ dec_bytepos (bytepos)
   return bytepos;
 }
 
-/* Find a defun-start that is the last one before POS (or nearly the last).
-   We record what we find, so that another call in the same area
-   can return the same value right away.  
+/* Return a defun-start position before before POS and not too far before.
+   It should be the last one before POS, or nearly the last.
+
+   When open_paren_in_column_0_is_defun_start is nonzero,
+   the beginning of every line is treated as a defun-start.
+
+   We record the information about where the scan started
+   and what its result was, so that another call in the same area
+   can return the same value very quickly.
 
    There is no promise at which position the global syntax data is
    valid on return from the subroutine, so the caller should explicitly