1 files changed, 28 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
index 2bd30da0bfd..3832a65c75c 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
@@ -330,30 +330,34 @@ The expansion is entirely correct because it uses the C preprocessor."
                                       nil nil state 'syntax-table)))
             ;; The open/close chars are matched like () [] {} and <>.
             (let ((parse-sexp-lookup-properties nil))
-              (ignore-errors
-                (with-syntax-table st
-                  (goto-char (nth 8 state)) (forward-sexp 1))
-                (when twoargs
-                  (save-excursion
-                    ;; Skip whitespace and make sure that font-lock will
-                    ;; refontify the second part in the proper context.
-                    (put-text-property
-                     (point) (progn (forward-comment (point-max)) (point))
-                     'font-lock-multiline t)
-                    ;;
-                    (unless
-                        (save-excursion
-                          (let* ((char2 (char-after))
-                                 (st2 (perl-quote-syntax-table char2)))
-                            (with-syntax-table st2 (forward-sexp 1))
-                            (put-text-property pos (line-end-position)
-                                               'jit-lock-defer-multiline t)
-                            (looking-at "\\s-*\\sw*e")))
-                      (put-text-property (point) (1+ (point))
-                                         'syntax-table
-                                         (if (assoc (char-after)
-                                                    perl-quote-like-pairs)
-                                             '(15) '(7)))))))))
+              (condition-case err
+                  (progn
+                    (with-syntax-table st
+                      (goto-char (nth 8 state)) (forward-sexp 1))
+                    (when twoargs
+                      (save-excursion
+                        ;; Skip whitespace and make sure that font-lock will
+                        ;; refontify the second part in the proper context.
+                        (put-text-property
+                         (point) (progn (forward-comment (point-max)) (point))
+                         'font-lock-multiline t)
+                        ;;
+                        (unless
+                            (save-excursion
+                              (with-syntax-table
+                                  (perl-quote-syntax-table (char-after))
+                                (forward-sexp 1))
+                              (put-text-property pos (line-end-position)
+                                                 'jit-lock-defer-multiline t)
+                              (looking-at "\\s-*\\sw*e"))
+                          (put-text-property (point) (1+ (point))
+                                             'syntax-table
+                                             (if (assoc (char-after)
+                                                        perl-quote-like-pairs)
+                                                 '(15) '(7)))))))
+                ;; The arg(s) is not terminated, so it extends until EOB.
+                (scan-error (goto-char (point-max))))))
+          ;; Point is now right after the arg(s).
           ;; Erase any syntactic marks within the quoted text.
           (put-text-property pos (1- (point)) 'syntax-table nil)
           (when (eq (char-before (1- (point))) ?$)