On Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 6:29 PM Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> wrote:

Regardless, I think that unless we understand the purpose of
insert-before-markers-and-inherit, we should make the patch such that it
still calls that function. Even if fill-prefix is nil there is
probably a good reason why the markers and properties need to be
modified for some situations.

Oops! You're right; I did not verify that binding within a comment. I just checked that it prevented the error. 

It would be good to understand the purpose of that function call and have a proper fix.