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redo memory-usage mechanism, add way of dynamically initializing Lisp objects -------------------- ChangeLog entries follow: -------------------- lisp/ChangeLog addition: 2010-03-18 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> * diagnose.el (show-memory-usage): Rewrite to take into account API changes in memory-usage functions. src/ChangeLog addition: 2010-03-18 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> * alloc.c: * alloc.c (disksave_object_finalization_1): * alloc.c (lisp_object_storage_size): * alloc.c (listu): * alloc.c (listn): * alloc.c (Fobject_memory_usage_stats): * alloc.c (compute_memusage_stats_length): * alloc.c (Fobject_memory_usage): * alloc.c (Ftotal_object_memory_usage): * alloc.c (malloced_storage_size): * alloc.c (common_init_alloc_early): * alloc.c (reinit_alloc_objects_early): * alloc.c (reinit_alloc_early): * alloc.c (init_alloc_once_early): * alloc.c (syms_of_alloc): * alloc.c (reinit_vars_of_alloc): * buffer.c: * buffer.c (struct buffer_stats): * buffer.c (compute_buffer_text_usage): * buffer.c (compute_buffer_usage): * buffer.c (buffer_memory_usage): * buffer.c (buffer_objects_create): * buffer.c (syms_of_buffer): * buffer.c (vars_of_buffer): * console-impl.h (struct console_methods): * dynarr.c (Dynarr_memory_usage): * emacs.c (main_1): * events.c (clear_event_resource): * extents.c: * extents.c (compute_buffer_extent_usage): * extents.c (extent_objects_create): * extents.h: * faces.c: * faces.c (compute_face_cachel_usage): * faces.c (face_objects_create): * faces.h: * general-slots.h: * glyphs.c: * glyphs.c (compute_glyph_cachel_usage): * glyphs.c (glyph_objects_create): * glyphs.h: * lisp.h: * lisp.h (struct usage_stats): * lrecord.h: * lrecord.h (enum lrecord_type): * lrecord.h (struct lrecord_implementation): * lrecord.h (MC_ALLOC_CALL_FINALIZER_FOR_DISKSAVE): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_SIZABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_FROB_BLOCK_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_FROB_BLOCK_SIZABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_INTERNAL_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_SIZABLE_INTERNAL_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_SIZABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_FROB_BLOCK_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_FROB_BLOCK_SIZABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_INTERNAL_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_SIZABLE_INTERNAL_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (MAKE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_MODULE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_DUMPABLE_MODULE_SIZABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_MODULE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DEFINE_NODUMP_MODULE_SIZABLE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (MAKE_MODULE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (INIT_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (INIT_MODULE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (UNDEF_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (UNDEF_MODULE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DECLARE_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DECLARE_MODULE_API_LISP_OBJECT): * lrecord.h (DECLARE_MODULE_LISP_OBJECT): * lstream.c: * lstream.c (syms_of_lstream): * lstream.c (vars_of_lstream): * marker.c: * marker.c (compute_buffer_marker_usage): * mc-alloc.c (mc_alloced_storage_size): * mc-alloc.h: * mule-charset.c: * mule-charset.c (struct charset_stats): * mule-charset.c (compute_charset_usage): * mule-charset.c (charset_memory_usage): * mule-charset.c (mule_charset_objects_create): * mule-charset.c (syms_of_mule_charset): * mule-charset.c (vars_of_mule_charset): * redisplay.c: * redisplay.c (compute_rune_dynarr_usage): * redisplay.c (compute_display_block_dynarr_usage): * redisplay.c (compute_glyph_block_dynarr_usage): * redisplay.c (compute_display_line_dynarr_usage): * redisplay.c (compute_line_start_cache_dynarr_usage): * redisplay.h: * scrollbar-gtk.c (gtk_compute_scrollbar_instance_usage): * scrollbar-msw.c (mswindows_compute_scrollbar_instance_usage): * scrollbar-x.c (x_compute_scrollbar_instance_usage): * scrollbar.c (compute_scrollbar_instance_usage): * scrollbar.h: * symbols.c: * symbols.c (reinit_symbol_objects_early): * symbols.c (init_symbols_once_early): * symbols.c (reinit_symbols_early): * symbols.c (defsymbol_massage_name_1): * symsinit.h: * ui-gtk.c: * ui-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_object_getprop): * ui-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_object_putprop): * ui-gtk.c (ui_gtk_objects_create): * unicode.c (compute_from_unicode_table_size_1): * unicode.c (compute_to_unicode_table_size_1): * unicode.c (compute_from_unicode_table_size): * unicode.c (compute_to_unicode_table_size): * window.c: * window.c (struct window_stats): * window.c (compute_window_mirror_usage): * window.c (compute_window_usage): * window.c (window_memory_usage): * window.c (window_objects_create): * window.c (syms_of_window): * window.c (vars_of_window): * window.h: Redo memory-usage mechanism, make it general; add way of dynamically initializing Lisp object types -- OBJECT_HAS_METHOD(), similar to CONSOLE_HAS_METHOD(). (1) Create OBJECT_HAS_METHOD(), OBJECT_HAS_PROPERTY() etc. for specifying that a Lisp object type has a particular method or property. Call such methods with OBJECT_METH, MAYBE_OBJECT_METH, OBJECT_METH_OR_GIVEN; retrieve properties with OBJECT_PROPERTY. Methods that formerly required a DEFINE_*GENERAL_LISP_OBJECT() to specify them (getprop, putprop, remprop, plist, disksave) now instead use the dynamic-method mechanism. The main benefit of this is that new methods or properties can be added without requiring that the declaration statements of all existing methods be modified. We have to make the `struct lrecord_implementation' non-const, but I don't think this should have any effect on speed -- the only possible method that's really speed-critical is the mark method, and we already extract those out into a separate (non-const) array for increased cache locality. Object methods need to be reinitialized after pdump, so we put them in separate functions such as face_objects_create(), extent_objects_create() and call them appropriately from emacs.c The only current object property (`memusage_stats_list') that objects can specify is a Lisp object and gets staticpro()ed so it only needs to be set during dump time, but because it references symbols that might not exist in a syms_of_() function, we initialize it in vars_of_(). There is also an object property (`num_extra_memusage_stats') that is automatically initialized based on `memusage_stats_list'; we do that in reinit_vars_of_alloc(), which is called after all vars_of_() functions are called. `disksaver' method was renamed `disksave' to correspond with the name normally given to the function (e.g. disksave_lstream()). (2) Generalize the memory-usage mechanism in `buffer-memory-usage', `window-memory-usage', `charset-memory-usage' into an object-type- specific mechanism called by a single function `object-memory-usage'. (Former function `object-memory-usage' renamed to `total-object-memory-usage'). Generalize the mechanism of different "slices" so that we can have different "classes" of memory described and different "slices" onto each class; `t' separates classes, `nil' separates slices. Currently we have three classes defined: the memory of an object itself, non-Lisp-object memory associated with the object (e.g. arrays or dynarrs stored as fields in the object), and Lisp-object memory associated with the object (other internal Lisp objects stored in the object). This isn't completely finished yet and we might need to further separate the "other internal Lisp objects" class into two classes. The memory-usage mechanism uses a `struct usage_stats' (renamed from `struct overhead_stats') to describe a malloc-view onto a set of allocated memory (listing how much was requested and various types of overhead) and a more general `struct generic_usage_stats' (with a `struct usage_stats' in it) to hold all statistics about object memory. `struct generic_usage_stats' contains an array of 32 Bytecounts, which are statistics of unspecified semantics. The intention is that individual types declare a corresponding struct (e.g. `struct window_stats') with the same structure but with specific fields in place of the array, corresponding to specific statistics. The number of such statistics is an object property computed from the list of tags (Lisp symbols describing the statistics) stored in `memusage_stats_list'. The idea here is to allow particular object types to customize the number and semantics of the statistics where completely avoiding consing. This doesn't matter so much yet, but the intention is to have the memory usage of all objects computed at the end of GC, at the same time as other statistics are currently computed. The values for all statistics for a single type would be added up to compute aggregate values for all objects of a specific type. To make this efficient, we can't allow any memory allocation at all. (3) Create some additional functions for creating lists that specify the elements directly as args rather than indirectly through an array: listn() (number of args given), listu() (list terminated by Qunbound). (4) Delete a bit of remaining unused C window_config stuff, also unused lrecord_type_popup_data.
author Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org>
date Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:50:06 -0500
parents 99e465e2da2e
children 308d34e9f07d
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;; syntax.el --- Syntax-table hacking stuff, moved from syntax.c

;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Copyright (C) 1995 Sun Microsystems.
;; Copyright (C) 2005, 2010 Ben Wing.

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;;; Synched up with: FSF 19.28.

;;; Commentary:

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;; Note: FSF does not have a file syntax.el.  This stuff is
;; in syntax.c.  See comments there about not merging past 19.28.

;; Significantly hacked upon by Ben Wing.

;;; Code:

(defun make-syntax-table (&optional oldtable)
  "Return a new syntax table.

It inherits all characters from the standard syntax table.

A syntax table is a char table of type `syntax' (see `make-char-table').
The valid values are integers (intended to be syntax codes as generated by
`syntax-string-to-code'), and the default result given by `get-char-table'
is the syntax code for `word'. (Note: In 21.4 and prior, it was the code
for `inherit'.)

To modify a syntax table, you should normally use `modify-syntax-entry'
rather than directly modify the table with `put-char-table'.

See `modify-syntax-entry' for a description of the character codes used
to indicate the various syntax classes."
  (make-char-table 'syntax))

(defun syntax-after (pos)
  "Return the raw syntax of the char after POS.
If POS is outside the buffer's accessible portion, return nil."
  (unless (or (< pos (point-min)) (>= pos (point-max)))
    (let ((st (if lookup-syntax-properties
		  (get-char-property pos 'syntax-table))))
      (char-syntax (char-after pos) (or st (syntax-table))))))

(defun simple-set-syntax-entry (char spec table)
  (put-char-table char spec table))

(defun char-syntax-from-code (code)
  "Extract the syntax designator from the internal syntax code CODE.
CODE is the value actually contained in the syntax table."
  (if (consp code)
      (setq code (car code)))
  (aref (syntax-designator-chars) (logand code 127)))

(defun set-char-syntax-in-code (code desig)
  "Return a new internal syntax code whose syntax designator is DESIG.
Other characteristics are the same as in CODE."
  (let ((newcode (if (consp code) (car code) code)))
    (setq newcode (logior (string-match
			   (regexp-quote (char-to-string desig))
			   (syntax-designator-chars))
			  (logand newcode (lognot 127))))
    (if (consp code) (cons newcode (cdr code))
      newcode)))

(defun syntax-code-to-string (code)
  "Return a string equivalent to internal syntax code CODE.
The string can be passed to `modify-syntax-entry'.
If CODE is invalid, return nil."
  (let ((match (and (consp code) (cdr code)))
	(codes (syntax-designator-chars)))
    (if (consp code)
	(setq code (car code)))
    (if (or (not (integerp code))
            (> (logand code 127) (length codes)))
	nil
      (with-output-to-string
       (let* ((spec (elt codes (logand code 127)))
	      (b3 (lsh code -16))
	      (start1  (/= 0 (logand b3 128))) ;logtest!
	      (start1b (/= 0 (logand b3  64)))
	      (start2  (/= 0 (logand b3  32)))
	      (start2b (/= 0 (logand b3  16)))
	      (end1    (/= 0 (logand b3   8)))
	      (end1b   (/= 0 (logand b3   4)))
	      (end2    (/= 0 (logand b3   2)))
	      (end2b   (/= 0 (logand b3   1)))
	      (prefix  (/= 0 (logand code 128)))
	      (single-char-p (or (= spec ?<) (= spec ?>)))
	      )
	 (write-char spec)
	 (write-char (if match match 32))
;;;	(if start1 (if single-char-p (write-char ?a) (write-char ?1)))
	 (if start1 (if single-char-p (write-char ? ) (write-char ?1)))
	 (if start2 (write-char ?2))
;;;	(if end1 (if single-char-p (write-char ?a) (write-char ?3)))
	 (if end1 (if single-char-p (write-char ? ) (write-char ?3)))
	 (if end2 (write-char ?4))
	 (if start1b (if single-char-p (write-char ?b) (write-char ?5)))
	 (if start2b (write-char ?6))
	 (if end1b (if single-char-p (write-char ?b) (write-char ?7)))
	 (if end2b (write-char ?8))
	 (if prefix (write-char ?p)))))))

(defun syntax-string-to-code (string)
  "Return the internal syntax code equivalent to STRING.
STRING should be something acceptable as the second argument to
`modify-syntax-entry'.
If STRING is invalid, signal an error."
  (let* ((bflag nil)
         (b3 0)
         (ch0 (aref string 0))
         (len (length string))
         (code (string-match (regexp-quote (char-to-string ch0))
                             (syntax-designator-chars)))
         (i 2)
         ch)
    (or code
        (error "Invalid syntax designator: %S" string))
    (while (< i len)
      (setq ch (aref string i))
      (incf i)
      (case ch
        (?1 (setq b3 (logior b3 128)))
        (?2 (setq b3 (logior b3  32)))
        (?3 (setq b3 (logior b3   8)))
        (?4 (setq b3 (logior b3   2)))
        (?5 (setq b3 (logior b3  64)))
        (?6 (setq b3 (logior b3  16)))
        (?7 (setq b3 (logior b3   4)))
        (?8 (setq b3 (logior b3   1)))
        (?a (case ch0
              (?< (setq b3 (logior b3 128)))
              (?> (setq b3 (logior b3   8)))))
        (?b (case ch0
              (?< (setq b3 (logior b3  64) bflag t))
              (?> (setq b3 (logior b3   4) bflag t))))
        (?p (setq code (logior code (lsh 1 7))))
        (?\  nil) ;; ignore for compatibility
        (otherwise
         (error "Invalid syntax description flag: %S" string))))
    ;; default single char style if `b' has not been seen
    (if (not bflag)
        (case ch0
          (?< (setq b3 (logior b3 128)))
	  (?> (setq b3 (logior b3   8)))))
    (setq code (logior code (lsh b3 16)))
    (if (and (> len 1)
	     ;; tough luck if you want to make space a paren!
	     (/= (aref string 1) ?\  ))
	(setq code (cons code (aref string 1))))
    code))

(defun modify-syntax-entry (char-range spec &optional syntax-table)
  "Set syntax for the characters CHAR-RANGE according to string SPEC.
CHAR-RANGE is a single character or a range of characters,
 as per `put-char-table'.
The syntax is changed only for SYNTAX-TABLE, which defaults to
 the current buffer's syntax table.
The first character of SPEC should be one of the following:
  Space    whitespace syntax.    w   word constituent.
  _        symbol constituent.   .   punctuation.
  \(        open-parenthesis.     \)   close-parenthesis.
  \"        string quote.         \\   character-quote.
  $        paired delimiter.     '   expression quote or prefix operator.
  <	   comment starter.	 >   comment ender.
  /        character-quote.      @   inherit from `standard-syntax-table'.

Only single-character comment start and end sequences are represented thus.
Two-character sequences are represented as described below.
The second character of SPEC is the matching parenthesis,
 used only if the first character is `(' or `)'.
Any additional characters are flags.
Defined flags are the characters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, p, a, and b.
 1 means C is the first of a two-char comment start sequence of style a.
 2 means C is the second character of such a sequence.
 3 means C is the first of a two-char comment end sequence of style a.
 4 means C is the second character of such a sequence.
 5 means C is the first of a two-char comment start sequence of style b.
 6 means C is the second character of such a sequence.
 7 means C is the first of a two-char comment end sequence of style b.
 8 means C is the second character of such a sequence.
 p means C is a prefix character for `backward-prefix-chars';
   such characters are treated as whitespace when they occur
   between expressions.
 a means C is comment starter or comment ender for comment style a (default)
 b means C is comment starter or comment ender for comment style b."
  (interactive
   ;; I really don't know why this is interactive
   ;; help-form should at least be made useful while reading the second arg
   "cSet syntax for character: \nsSet syntax for %c to: ")
  (simple-set-syntax-entry
   char-range
   (syntax-string-to-code spec)
   (cond ((syntax-table-p syntax-table)
	  syntax-table)
	 ((null syntax-table)
	  (syntax-table))
	 (t
	  (wrong-type-argument 'syntax-table-p syntax-table))))
  nil)

((macro
  . (lambda (map-syntax-definition)
      "Replace the variable names in MAP-SYNTAX-DEFINITION with uninterned
symbols, at byte-compile time.  This avoids the risk of variable names
within the functions called from MAP-SYNTAX-DEFINITION being shared with
MAP-SYNTAX-DEFINITION, and as such subject to modification, one of the
common downsides of dynamic scope."
      (nsublis
       '((syntax-table . #:syntax-table)
	 (m-s-function . #:function)
	 (range . #:range)
	 (key . #:key)
	 (value . #:value))
       map-syntax-definition)))
 (defun map-syntax-table (m-s-function syntax-table &optional range)
   "Map FUNCTION over entries in SYNTAX-TABLE, collapsing inheritance.
This is similar to `map-char-table', but works only on syntax tables, and
 collapses any entries that call for inheritance by invisibly substituting
 the inherited values from the standard syntax table."
   (check-argument-type 'syntax-table-p syntax-table)
   (map-char-table #'(lambda (key value)
		       (if (eq ?@ (char-syntax-from-code value))
			   (map-char-table
			    #'(lambda (key value)
				(funcall m-s-function key value))
			    (standard-syntax-table)
			    key)
			 (funcall m-s-function key value)))
		   syntax-table range)))

;(defun test-xm ()
;  (let ((o (copy-syntax-table))
;        (n (copy-syntax-table))
;        (codes (syntax-designator-chars))
;        (flags "12345678abp"))
;    (while t
;      (let ((spec (concat (char-to-string (elt codes
;						(random (length codes))))))
;                          (if (= (random 4) 0)
;                              "b"
;                              " ")
;                          (let* ((n (random 4))
;                                 (s (make-string n 0)))
;                            (while (> n 0)
;                              (setq n (1- n))
;                              (aset s n (aref flags (random (length flags)))))
;                            s))))
;        (message "%S..." spec)
;        (modify-syntax-entry ?a spec o)
;        (xmodify-syntax-entry ?a spec n)
;        (or (= (aref o ?a) (aref n ?a))
;            (error "%s"
;                   (format "fucked with %S: %x %x"
;                           spec (aref o ?a) (aref n ?a))))))))


(defun describe-char-table (table mapper describe-value stream)
"Describe char-table TABLE, outputting to STREAM.
MAPPER maps over the table and should be `map-char-table' or
`map-syntax-table'.  DESCRIBE-VALUE is a function of two arguments,
VALUE and STREAM, and should output a description of VALUE."
  (let (first-char
	last-char
	prev-val
	(describe-one
	 (if (featurep 'mule)
	     #'(lambda (first last value stream)
		 (if (equal first last)
		     (cond ((vectorp first)
			    (princ (format "%s, row %d\t"
					   (declare-fboundp (charset-name
							     (aref first 0)))
					   (aref first 1))
				   stream))
			   ((symbolp first)
			    (princ first stream)
			    (princ "\t" stream))
			   (t
			    (princ (text-char-description first) stream)
			    (princ "\t" stream)))
		   (cond ((vectorp first)
			  (princ (format "%s, rows %d .. %d\t"
					 (declare-fboundp (charset-name
							   (aref first 0)))
					 (aref first 1)
					 (aref last 1))
				 stream))
			 ((symbolp first)
			  (princ (format "%s .. %s\t" first last) stream))
			 (t
			  (princ (format "%s .. %s\t"
					 (text-char-description first)
					 (text-char-description last))
				 stream))))
		 (funcall describe-value value stream))
	   #'(lambda (first last value stream)
	       (let* ((tem (text-char-description first))
		      (pos (length tem))
		      ;;(limit (cond ((numberp ctl-arrow) ctl-arrow)
		      ;;             ((memq ctl-arrow '(t nil)) 256)
		      ;;             (t 160)))
		      )
		 (princ tem stream)
		 (if (> last first)
		     (progn
		       (princ " .. " stream)
		       (setq tem (text-char-description last))
		       (princ tem stream)
		       (setq pos (+ pos (length tem) 4))))
		 (while (progn (write-char ?\  stream)
			       (setq pos (1+ pos))
			       (< pos 16))))
	       (funcall describe-value value stream)))))
    (funcall mapper
     #'(lambda (range value)
	 (cond
	  ((not first-char)
	   (setq first-char range
		 last-char range
		 prev-val value))
	  ((and (equal value prev-val)
		(or
		 (and (characterp range)
		      (characterp first-char)
		      (or (not (featurep 'mule))
			  (eq (declare-fboundp (char-charset range))
			      (declare-fboundp (char-charset first-char))))
		      (= (char-int last-char) (1- (char-int range))))
		 (and (vectorp range)
		      (vectorp first-char)
		      (eq (aref range 0) (aref first-char 0))
		      (= (aref last-char 1) (1- (aref range 1))))))
	   (setq last-char range))
	  (t
	   (funcall describe-one first-char last-char prev-val stream)
	   (setq first-char range
		 last-char range
		 prev-val value)))
	 nil)
     table)
    (if first-char
	(funcall describe-one first-char last-char prev-val stream))))

(defun describe-syntax-table (table stream)
  "Output a description of TABLE (a syntax table) to STREAM."
  (describe-char-table table 'map-syntax-table 'describe-syntax-code stream))

(defun describe-syntax-code (code stream)
  (let ((match (and (consp code) (cdr code)))
	(invalid (gettext "**invalid**")) ;(empty "") ;constants
	(standard-output (or stream standard-output))
	;; #### I18N3 should temporarily set buffer to output-translatable
        (in #'(lambda (string)
                (princ ",\n\t\t\t\t ")
                (princ string)))
	(syntax-string (syntax-code-to-string code)))
    (if (consp code)
	(setq code (car code)))
    (if (null syntax-string)
        (princ invalid)
      (princ syntax-string)
      (princ "\tmeaning: ")
      (princ (aref ["whitespace" "punctuation" "word-constituent"
		    "symbol-constituent" "open-paren" "close-paren"
		    "expression-prefix" "string-quote" "paired-delimiter"
		    "escape" "character-quote" "comment-begin" "comment-end"
		    "inherit" "extended-word-constituent"]
		   (logand code 127)))

      (if match
	  (progn
	    (princ ", matches ")
	    (princ (text-char-description match))))
      (let* ((spec (elt syntax-string 0))
	     (b3 (lsh code -16))
	     (start1  (/= 0 (logand b3 128))) ;logtest!
	     (start1b (/= 0 (logand b3  64)))
	     (start2  (/= 0 (logand b3  32)))
	     (start2b (/= 0 (logand b3  16)))
	     (end1    (/= 0 (logand b3   8)))
	     (end1b   (/= 0 (logand b3   4)))
	     (end2    (/= 0 (logand b3   2)))
	     (end2b   (/= 0 (logand b3   1)))
	     (prefix  (/= 0 (logand code 128)))
	     (single-char-p (or (= spec ?<) (= spec ?>))))
	(if start1
	    (if single-char-p
		(princ ", style A")
	      (funcall in
		       (gettext "first character of comment-start sequence A"))))
	(if start2
	    (funcall in
		     (gettext "second character of comment-start sequence A")))
	(if end1
	    (if single-char-p
		(princ ", style A")
	      (funcall in
		       (gettext "first character of comment-end sequence A"))))
	(if end2
	    (funcall in
		     (gettext "second character of comment-end sequence A")))
	(if start1b
	    (if single-char-p
		(princ ", style B")
	      (funcall in
		       (gettext "first character of comment-start sequence B"))))
	(if start2b
	    (funcall in
		     (gettext "second character of comment-start sequence B")))
	(if end1b
	    (if single-char-p
		(princ ", style B")
	      (funcall in
		       (gettext "first character of comment-end sequence B"))))
	(if end2b
	    (funcall in
		     (gettext "second character of comment-end sequence B")))
	(if prefix
	    (funcall in
		     (gettext "prefix character for `backward-prefix-chars'"))))
      (terpri stream))))

(defun symbol-near-point ()
  "Return the first textual item to the nearest point."
  (interactive)
  ;alg stolen from etag.el
  (save-excursion
	(if (or (bobp) (not (memq (char-syntax (char-before)) '(?w ?_))))
	    (while (not (looking-at "\\sw\\|\\s_\\|\\'"))
	      (forward-char 1)))
	(while (looking-at "\\sw\\|\\s_")
	  (forward-char 1))
	(if (re-search-backward "\\sw\\|\\s_" nil t)
	    (regexp-quote
	     (progn (forward-char 1)
		    (buffer-substring (point)
				      (progn (forward-sexp -1)
					     (while (looking-at "\\s'")
					       (forward-char 1))
					     (point)))))
	  nil)))

;;; syntax.el ends here