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

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Package: emacs;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #160 received at 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:35:40 +0200

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 23:13:55 +0900 (JST)
> cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>, dgutov <at> yandex.ru, 
>     21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The current implementation makes the things harder to understand.
> Currently one user need to read the source code to know the actual
> type this function returns.

If that's a problem, let's improve the doc string (and the manual, if
needed) to make this more clear.
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