GNU bug report logs - #21391
24.5; `thing-at-point' returns error when called with arguments 'number t

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Reported by: Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 01:57:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:57:11 +0200

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:07:15 +0900 (JST)
> cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com, 
>     21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > On 10.11.2016 21:59, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> >> Because currently they can call thing-at-point without defining
> >> foo-at-point.  AFAIU, you suggest to deny them this possibility, and
> >> force them to define foo-at-point for every foo.
> >
> > They'll really have to do that only for string-unrepresentable foos.
> >
> > Like currently (thing-at-point 'symbol) returns a string, whereas 
> > (symbol-at-point) returns an interned symbol. That's nothing new.
> Indeed, this sounds the right usage for me, and for an user who has 
> read the part of the manual refering to `thing-at-point'.

I disagree, sorry.
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