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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:31:09 +0200

> Cc: tino.calancha <at> gmail.com, 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:57:20 +0200
> 
> On 11.11.2016 16:51, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Improve it by describing whatever it is that is evident from the code
> > that is not evident from the doc string.
> 
> So we will enumerate how every built-in "thing" behaves?

No, we won't, not unless you and Tino say that's what you think should
be there.

> > I don't understand why.  It's not like we don't have other functions
> > that can return different kinds of objects.
> 
> Because there is no rhyme or reason in the current behavior, no matter 
> how you want to look at it.

The reason is that it existed in this form for the last 19 years.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 328 days ago.

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