* lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el (perl-indent-new-calculate):

Handle forward-sexp failure.

Fixes: debbugs:16985

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b1c35a78937..a2322a026e3 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-04-02  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * progmodes/perl-mode.el (perl-indent-new-calculate):
+        Handle forward-sexp failure (bug#16985).
+
 2014-04-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * menu-bar.el (menu-bar-file-menu):
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@
         (electric-indent-mode): Don't mess with the global map any more.
         Don't drop the post-self-insert-hook is some buffer is still using it
         (bug#16770).
+
         * bindings.el (global-map): Remove C-j binding.
 
         * emacs-lisp/nadvice.el (advice--make-docstring): Try harder to find
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
index d09fb59371a..3c7571e037b 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
@@ -854,11 +854,12 @@ changed by, or (parse-state) if line starts in a quoted string."
    (and (= (char-syntax (following-char)) ?\))
         (save-excursion
           (forward-char 1)
-          (forward-sexp -1)
-          (perl-indent-new-calculate
-           ;; Recalculate the parsing-start, since we may have jumped
-           ;; dangerously close (typically in the case of nested functions).
-           'virtual nil (save-excursion (perl-beginning-of-function)))))
+          (when (condition-case nil (progn (forward-sexp -1) t)
+                  (scan-error nil))
+            (perl-indent-new-calculate
+             ;; Recalculate the parsing-start, since we may have jumped
+             ;; dangerously close (typically in the case of nested functions).
+             'virtual nil (save-excursion (perl-beginning-of-function))))))
    (and (and (= (following-char) ?{)
              (save-excursion (forward-char) (perl-hanging-paren-p)))
         (+ (or default (perl-calculate-indent parse-start))