From 5607148ff787a9bc5ac3f08bbf935f18d89df442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <nyamatongwe@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 16:20:30 +1100
Subject: Bug [#1999]. Fix hang lexing a Lua label where the range ends before
 "::".

---
 doc/ScintillaHistory.html | 4 ++++
 lexlib/StyleContext.h     | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ScintillaHistory.html b/doc/ScintillaHistory.html
index 108b6904c..85beb83f3 100644
--- a/doc/ScintillaHistory.html
+++ b/doc/ScintillaHistory.html
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@
 	Released 12 February 2018.
 	</li>
 	<li>
+	Fix hang in Lua lexer when lexing a label upto the terminating "::".
+	<a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/bugs/1999/">Bug #1999</a>.
+	</li>
+	<li>
 	For rectangular selections, pressing Home or End now moves the caret to the Home or End
 	position instead of the limit of the rectangular selection.
 	</li>
diff --git a/lexlib/StyleContext.h b/lexlib/StyleContext.h
index a76f7f417..1d40825f4 100644
--- a/lexlib/StyleContext.h
+++ b/lexlib/StyleContext.h
@@ -131,7 +131,12 @@ public:
 	void ForwardBytes(Sci_Position nb) {
 		const Sci_PositionU forwardPos = currentPos + nb;
 		while (forwardPos > currentPos) {
+			const Sci_PositionU currentPosStart = currentPos;
 			Forward();
+			if (currentPos == currentPosStart) {
+				// Reached end
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	void ChangeState(int state_) {
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