Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> The fact that backslash commands inside parens clear the
> counter is a minor anoyance but resonable behavior.
If they cleared the command buffer too, it might be construed
as novice-friendly behavior (though I'd still call it broken).
However, letting the counter get out of sync with the buffer
contents cannot be called anything but a bug.
regards, tom lane