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bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:47:34 +0200 |
> Cc: 21391@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 21:12:07 +0200
>
> On 07.11.2016 17:14, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> >> It's natural if `thing-at-point' returns the thing as a string.
> >> When the user don't want a string then s?he can use the specific
> >> functions, like `number-at-point' or `list-at-point'.
> >
> > Isn't that completely backward-incompatible?
>
> When thing is a number? Maybe. I don't imagine it's used very often.
But previously it could be used. After this change, it would be
impossible.
> > If so, I don't think we
> > can do that.
>
> It's pretty clearly a bug: most other "things" behave otherwise (list,
> sexp, symbol). I'd very much rather we didn't retain conceptual problems
> like that just for the sake of compatibility.
Not sure which behavior you have in mind. The removal of properties?
Or something else?
- bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' returns error when called with arguments 'number t), (continued)
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' returns error when called with arguments 'number t), Drew Adams, 2016/11/04
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/07
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string,
Eli Zaretskii <=
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/07
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/07
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/07
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Tino Calancha, 2016/11/08
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/08
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Drew Adams, 2016/11/08
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/08
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Andreas Röhler, 2016/11/09
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/11/09
bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/11/09