Actually, I agree that it is probably not cc-mode, per se, that is broken.
Since cc-mode hasn't been changed and XEmacs was, the fault is probably with
something in XEmacs that has changed and caused cc-mode to break.
In any event, I suspect that a 21.4.4 will be shortly forthcoming that
addresses these general parsing problems?  If so, the developers working on
those issues should confirm that cc-mode is working correctly at the same
time, no?
...Jake
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes: 
    Jake> Since upgrading from 21.1.12 to
21.4.3, cc-mode (latest package) is
    Jake> broken in a number of ways.
    SJT> cc-mode is probably not broken, in my estimate (other XEmacs
    SJT> developers may disagree).  There have been a number of problems with
    SJT> support for parsing text (syntax tables and regexps), and those are
    SJT> probably what you're seeing.  There are also problems with dramatic
    SJT> slowdowns in some contexts (mostly large files).  This may be
    SJT> related, or may be a separate issue.
    SJT> You should send to both groups, we both need to know about it and we
    SJT> have complementary areas of expertise.  For XEmacs, please report
    SJT> here, as this is where the maximum number of developers will see it.
    SJT> If the cc-mode people are unresponsive, we can apply patches to
    SJT> cc-mode here to our version, although for obvious reasons we prefer
    SJT> to keep them in synch.
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