Re: [External] : Re: Adding custom providers for thingatpt.el (was: [PATCH] Add support for 'thing-at-point' to get URL at point)

[Jim Porter]

On 5/7/2024 5:20 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I disagree.  These functions are nowadays the basis of many
> interactive features, and users are usually mightily confused by the
> fine print of what "at point" means technically in Emacs.  The current
> operation is much easier for users to grasp mentally by observing the
> position of the cursor, whether it's on or just after the "thing".

At the risk of veering off-topic (I mainly care about adding 
'bounds-of-thing-at-point-provider-alist' and 
'forward-thing-provider-alist'), would adding a new optional STRICT 
argument to 'thing-at-point' and friends be an ok resolution for 
everyone? This argument would enable Drew's proposed behavior. That way, 
users get all the nice behavior by default just like today, and 
programmers who require strict correctness in their code also have an 
option.