Fix bug#17097

* lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el (ruby-syntax-propertize-function):
Don't propertize `?' or `!' as symbol constituent when after
colon.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/indent/ruby.rb b/test/indent/ruby.rb
index 99482433145..fb341ee7ba6 100644
--- a/test/indent/ruby.rb
+++ b/test/indent/ruby.rb
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ if something == :==
   )
 end
 
+# Bug#17097
+if x == :!=
+  something
+end
+
 # Example from http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/language.html
 d = 4 + 5 +      # no '\' needed
     6 + 7