diff -U 4 -H -b -w -B -E -d -i -r kdelibs-3.5.5-orig/kate/part/kateautoindent.cpp kdelibs-3.5.5/kate/part/kateautoindent.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.5.5-orig/kate/part/kateautoindent.cpp	2006-10-11 11:44:37.000000000 +0200
+++ kdelibs-3.5.5/kate/part/kateautoindent.cpp	2006-10-11 11:47:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -713,8 +713,9 @@
   int anchorPos = 0;
   int parenCount = 0;  // Possibly in a multiline for stmt.  Used to skip ';' ...
   bool found = false;
   bool isSpecial = false;
+  bool potentialAnchorSeen = false;
 
   //kdDebug(13030) << "calcIndent begin line:" << begin.line() << " col:" << begin.col() << endl;
 
   // Find Indent Anchor Point
@@ -732,18 +733,18 @@
       if (textLine->attribute(pos) == symbolAttrib)
       {
         QChar tc = textLine->getChar (pos);
         if ((tc == ';' || tc == ':' || tc == ',') && otherAnchor == -1 && parenCount <= 0)
-          otherAnchor = pos;
+          otherAnchor = pos, potentialAnchorSeen = true;
         else if (tc == ')')
           parenCount++;
         else if (tc == '(')
           parenCount--;
         else if (tc == '}')
           openCount--;
         else if (tc == '{')
         {
-          openCount++;
+          openCount++, potentialAnchorSeen = true;
           if (openCount == 1)
             break;
         }
       }
@@ -825,9 +826,9 @@
     }
   }
 
   // treat beginning of document as anchor position
-  if (cur.line() == 0 && cur.col() == 0)
+  if (cur.line() == 0 && cur.col() == 0 && potentialAnchorSeen)
     found = true;
 
   if (!found)
     return 0;