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(Parsing Expressions): Mention parse-sexp-lookup-properties here.

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forward-comment: return values
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Dave Love 2003-10-06 16:50:19 +00:00
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@ -769,6 +769,10 @@ necessary make this variable @code{nil}, since not every newline is the
end of a comment. This limitation no longer exists.
@end defvar
@vindex parse-sexp-lookup-properties
The behaviour of @code{parse-partial-sexp} is also affected by
@code{parse-sexp-lookup-properties} @xref{Syntax Properties}.
You can use @code{forward-comment} to move forward or backward over
one comment or several comments.
@ -781,7 +785,9 @@ other than a comment or whitespace, it stops, leaving point at the
place where it stopped. This includes (for instance) finding the end
of a comment when moving forward and expecting the beginning of one.
The function also stops immediately after moving over the specified
number of complete comments.
number of complete comments. If @var{count} comments are found as
expected, with nothing except whitespace between them, return
@code{t}; otherwise return @code{nil}.
This function cannot tell whether the ``comments'' it traverses are
embedded within a string. If they look like comments, it treats them