GNU bug report logs - #12691
24.1; thing-at-point list of possible symbols

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jerome Truong <jerometruong <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:21:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.1

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12691 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12691: 24.1; thing-at-point list of possible symbols
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:00:47 +0800

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I don't think he meant quite what you installed, since
> (thing-at-point 'number) doesn't work AFAICS.
> I think he mean "the function number-at-point also exists".
>
> Cf evalling
>
> (thing-at-point 'number)4 
> (number-at-point)4
>
> The former returns nil, the latter `4'.

Thanks for spotting this.  This is just an omission in thingatpt.el, I
think.  I added `number-at-point' as value of the `thing-at-point'
property for `number'.
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