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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:46:14 +0200

On 11.11.2016 16:35, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> 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.

Improve how? By saying that the function behaves in a variety of ways, 
solely depending on which `thing' it is passed?

That won't make it much clearer, or make it easier to follow code that 
uses `thing-at-point'.
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