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

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: Re: bug#21391: 24.5; `thing-at-point' should return a string
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 03:52:23 +0200

On 11.11.2016 17:37, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I can suggest adding a new function, with the features you mention.
> We could even deprecate thing-at-point and advise to use the new one
> instead.

In this vein, I would propose deprecating `thing-at-point' in favor of 
`bounds-of-thing-at-point', which should provide all the necessary 
information for a `buffer-substring' call anyway (when it works).
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