RE: [External] : (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) ⇒ nil

[Drew Adams]

> > (eval-after-load "thingatpt"
> >   '(when (require 'thingatpt+ nil t)
> >      (tap-redefine-std-fns))
> 
> Thanks, that is useful and I have put it in my ~/.emacs.d/init.el
> 
> Then I expected this to work:
> (bounds-of-thing-at-point 'number) on 123 and it did not work. I did
> not look into the code.

Works for me, starting from `emacs -Q'
(no init file).

What does `C-h f bounds-of-thing-at-point'
tell you?  Does it say that it's an alias
for `tap-bounds-of-thing-at-point'?

If not, did you actually load the library?
(Put it in a dir in your `load-path'.)