(scan_lists): Properly skip the comment-fence character that ends a comment, when moving forward. (Fbackward_prefix_chars): Return immediately if point is at BEGV. (prev_char_comend_first): New function. (back_comment): Use that. Carefully update syntax table position for each character that is fetched. (Fforward_comment): Likewise. (scan_lists): Likewise. (prev_char_comstart_first): New function.