# HG changeset patch
# User Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
# Date 1069795251 0
# Node ID 2ea1aaf0d7db9d37f4fc211b7e4fb065794cc30e
# Parent  edb49454fb8c231534781070a9612f0a2ff0b1ef
(comment-normalize-vars): Initialize properly if comment-start was nil.

diff -r edb49454fb8c -r 2ea1aaf0d7db lisp/newcomment.el
--- a/lisp/newcomment.el	Tue Nov 25 14:45:32 2003 +0000
+++ b/lisp/newcomment.el	Tue Nov 25 21:20:51 2003 +0000
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@
 Functions autoloaded from newcomment.el, being entry points, should call
 this function before any other, so the rest of the code can assume that
 the variables are properly set."
-  (if (not comment-start)
-      (unless noerror
-	(set (make-local-variable 'comment-start)
-	     (read-string "No comment syntax is defined.  Use: ")))
+  (unless (and (not comment-start) noerror)
+    (unless comment-start
+      (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start)
+	   (read-string "No comment syntax is defined.  Use: ")))
     ;; comment-use-syntax
     (when (eq comment-use-syntax 'undecided)
       (set (make-local-variable 'comment-use-syntax)