bug#4400: 23.1.50; char-syntax

Emacs -Q

(char-syntax (char-after))a
--> 119

which seems not what's told in docu:

Return the syntax code of CHARACTER, described by a character.
For example, if CHARACTER is a word constituent,
the character `w' is returned.


Thanks all!


Andreas Röhler

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In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
 of 2009-07-25
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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( c h a r - s y n t a x SPC ( c h a r - a f t e r )
) a <left> C-x C-e <down> C-j q - - > SPC 1 1 9 <return>
<return> M-x r e p o r t - e m a c - b <backspace>
<backspace> s - b u <tab> <return>

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