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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.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: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:14:38 +0200

> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:33:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: dgutov <at> yandex.ru, tino.calancha <at> gmail.com, 21391 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> All this just means that what you call the "caller", function
> `thing-at-point',

No, the caller is whoever calls thing-at-point the function.  Only
that caller knows whether the text properties on any text the function
returns are wanted or not, which is why the caller can use the
NO-PROPERTIES argument to express the intent.
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