Function: verilog-re-search-forward

verilog-re-search-forward is a byte-compiled function defined in verilog-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(verilog-re-search-forward REGEXP BOUND NOERROR)

Documentation

Like re-search-forward, but skips over match in comments or strings.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/progmodes/verilog-mode.el.gz
(defsubst verilog-re-search-forward (REGEXP BOUND NOERROR)
  ;; checkdoc-params: (REGEXP BOUND NOERROR)
  "Like `re-search-forward', but skips over match in comments or strings."
  (let ((mdata '(nil nil)))  ; So match-end will return nil if no matches found
    (while (and
	    (re-search-forward REGEXP BOUND NOERROR)
	    (setq mdata (match-data))
	    (and (verilog-skip-forward-comment-or-string)
		 (progn
		   (setq mdata '(nil nil))
		   (if BOUND
		       (< (point) BOUND)
		     t)))))
    (store-match-data mdata)
    (match-end 0)))